. . "PERFORMING ARTS / Acting & Auditioning" . . "Film." . . "BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Entertainment & Performing Arts" . . . "Electronic books" . "At the age of 10, Charley Chase was singing and dancing on the street corners of Baltimore. The coins that tenement dwellers tossed his way helped the young boy support his impoverished family. Charley eventually became a local vaudeville attraction, but Baltimore could not contain the ambitious young man. After a brief but memorable stint in New York, Chase landed in Los Angeles in 1912. His timely arrival coincided with the birth of the film industry, and Charley Chase became a major force in shaping the evolution of motion picture comedy." . "Smile when the raindrops fall : the story of Charley Chase" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Smile when the raindrops fall the story of Charley Chase" . . . . . "Biography" .