His Prehistoric Past

Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the end, it turns out to have been a dream; Charlie was asleep in the park.

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

as Weakchin

Mack Swain

as King Lowbrow

Gene Marsh

as Sum-Babee

Fritz Schade

as Ku-Ku aka Cleo

Cecile Arnold

as Cavewoman

Al St. John

as Caveman

May Wallace

as The Queen

Ted Edwards

as Caveman (uncredited)

Vivian Edwards

as Cavewoman (uncredited)

Charles Lakin

as Caveman (uncredited)

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