Charles "Chic" Sale

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Chic Sale
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actor, comedian
Years active1915–1936
SpouseMarie Bishop (m. 1912)
Children[2]

Charles Partlow "Chic" Sale (August 25, 1885 – November 7, 1936) was an American actor and vaudevillian.

Early years

Sale was born in Huron, South Dakota, and raised in Urbana, Illinois.[3] He was a son of Frank and Lillie Belle (née Partlow) Sale, and the brother of actress and writer Virginia Sale-Wren.[citation needed]

Career

In 1920, after a tour wherein he played "rural parts", he was engaged by

Shubert Winter Garden shows. The movie was eventually named His Nibs, and co-starred Colleen Moore
. Chic played many of the parts himself, the film being a spoof of the sort of "hick", backwater characterizations that were his specialty.

In 1929, inspired by a carpenter named 'Lem Putt' from his hometown of Urbana, Sale wrote The Specialist, a play about an outhouse builder.[4] Because copyright infringement was widespread in Vaudeville, Sale enlisted the aid of newspaper political cartoonist, Roy James, to adapt The Specialist into a book. Mr. James' illustrations brought Chic's humor to life and the book enjoyed great success. Sale spent the next several months responding to fan mail.

Sale had a career in

The Perfect Tribute was a short film dramatizing Lincoln's disappointment at the meager reaction to his Gettysburg Address
. He encounters a dying and blind soldier who, not knowing he is addressing the President himself, tells Lincoln how inspiring the speech was.

Although an obscure figure today, Sale was a well-known

Captain Spaulding. For many years—even after his death—"Chic Sale" was used as a euphemism for an outhouse. He is known to have found this unflattering, calling it "a terrible thing to have happen".[4]

Filmography

Still image from His Nibs of Charles "Chic" Sale, wherein he played several of the roles. The film co-starred Colleen Moore.
Year Title Role Notes
1921 His Nibs Theo. Bender (segment "His Nibs") / Wally Craw / Mr. Percifer / Elmer Bender / Peelee Gear Jr. / Miss Dessie Teed / The Boy
1924 The New School Teacher Prof. Timmons
1927 They're coming to get me Short
1931 The Star Witness Pvt. Summerill
1932 The Expert Grandpa John T. Minick
When a Feller Needs a Friend Uncle Jonas Tucker
Stranger in Town Ulysses Crickle
Men of America Smokey Joe Miller
1933 Lucky Dog Arthur Wilson
Dangerous Crossroads Locomotive Engineer
The Chief Uncle Joe
1934 Treasure Island Ben Gunn
1935
The Fighting Westerner
 Deputy Tex Murdock
It's a Great Life Grandpa Barclay
1936 Man Hunt Ed Hoggins
The Gentleman from Louisiana Deacon Devlin
The Man I Marry Sheriff Clem Loudecker
1937 You Only Live Once Ethan (final film role)

References

  1. ISBN 978-0-8225-4070-0
    .
  2. ^ "Daily Illini 8 November 1936 — Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections". idnc.library.illinois.edu.
  3. ISBN 978-1-61703-250-9
    . Retrieved November 30, 2019.
  4. ^
    ISBN 9781610605489
    . Retrieved January 26, 2017.

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