Some Chaperone

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Some Chaperone
Directed by Al Christie
Written byAl Christie
Produced byAl Christie
Nestor Film Company
Starring Harry Rattenberry
Betty Compson
Distributed by Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date
December 27, 1915
Running time
1 reel
CountryUSA
LanguageSilent..English

Some Chaperone is a 1915 silent film comedy short produced and directed by Al Christie. It was produced by Christie along with the Nestor Film Company. It starred Betty Compson and Harry Rattenberry. Universal Film Manufacturing Company distributed. [1]

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