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The Better 'Ole (1926)

The Better 'Ole is a 1926 American synchronized sound World War I comedy drama film. Released by Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., this full-length film utilizes the Vitaphone sound-on-disc process, two months after the first Vitaphone feature Don Juan. With no audible dialogue, the film does have a synchronized musical score and sound effects. This film was also the second onscreen adaptation of the 1917 musical The Better 'Ole by Bruce Bairnsfather and Arthur Elliot. Charlie Chaplin's eldest brother Sydney Chaplin played the main lead as Old Bill in perhaps his best-known film today. At one point during the film, Harold Goodwin's character whispers a word to Sydney Chaplin which is also faintly heard. This was discovered by the UCLA's Robert Gitt, during the restoration of the sound discs for the film. Plot : Old Bill (Sydney Chaplin), a jovial Limey sergeant, serves in the Army during World War I, where he gets into various scrapes alongside his fellow soldier, Alf (Jack Ackroyd). While helping himself to a drink in the cellar of an inn, Bill discovers that the innkeeper, Gaspard (Theodore Lorch), is a German spy... Cast : Sydney Chaplin as Pvt. William 'Old Bill' Busby Doris Hill as Joan Harold Goodwin as Bert Chester, Secret Service Jack Ackroyd as Alfie "Little Alf" Edgar Kennedy as Cpl. Austin Theodore Lorch as Gaspard Charles K. Gerrard as Maj. Russett Tom McGuire as The English General Tom Kennedy as The Blacksmith Kewpie Morgan as Gen. von Hinden Arthur Clayton as The Colonel