1914SILENT COMEDY SHORTS
CHARLIE CHAPLIN SILENT COMEDY FILMS FROM HIS KEYSTONE DAYS.
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MAKING A LIVING
RELEASED FEBRUARY 2, 1914 POSING AS AN ENGLISH MAN OF HIGH FASHION SOMEWHAT GONE TO SEED, HE COURTS A PRETTY YOUNG GIRL FROM A FAMILY OF CONSIDERABLE WEALTH BEFORE CONFRONTING A SNOOPING NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPHER WHO PLANS TO LET IT BE KNOWN THAT THE PRETENDED LORD IS A PENNILESS IMPOSTER. CHESTER CRONKLIN, ALICE DAVENPORT, MINTA DURFEE, VIRGINIA KIRTLEY, HENRY LEHRMAN. |
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CAUGHT IN A CABARET
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MABEL'S BUSY DAY
RELEASED JUNE 13, 1914 WITH A FLOWER IN HIS LAPEL AND LIQUOR UNDER HIS BELT, CHAPLIN VISITS THE RACE TRACK WHERE HE FINDS MABEL SELLING HOT DOGS. HE IS FAMISHED. STOPPING A MAN FROM STEALING ONE OF THE HOT DOGS, THE HUNGRY CHARLIE THEN PROCEEDS TO STEAL ONE FOR HIMSELF, AND THEN ANOTHER. A CHASE ENSUES, THE HOT DOGS ARE GRABBED BY BYSTANDERS, & MABEL'S BUSINESS IS RUINED. CHAPLIN THEN TURNS ON HIS CHARM AND CONSOLES THE DEVASTATED GIRL. BILLIE BENNETT, CHESTER CONKLIN, HARRY MCCOY, WALLACE MACDONALD, MABEL NORMAND, SLIM SUMMERVILLE. |
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THE MASQUERADER
RELEASED AUGUST 27, 1914 CHAPLIN PLAYS A MISCHIEVOUS & UNPREPARED ACTOR WHO PAYS MORE ATTENTION TO THE GIRLS ON THE SET THAN HE DOES THE DIRECTOR. MISSING HIS CUE, HE SPOILS THE SCENE BY WALKING ONTO THE WRONG SET & IS SUBSEQUENTLY FIRED. DETERMINED TO RETURN TO THE STUDIO, HE DRESSES AS A WOMAN & SO CHARMS THE DIRECTOR THAT HE IS HIRED AS A LEADING LADY. CROSS DRESSING. THE OTHER ACTORS ARE TURNED OUT OF THEIR DRESSING ROOMS SO THE THE "NEW ACTRESS" CAN MOVE IN. BUT WHEN HIS DISGUISE IS UNCOVERED, HE IS AGAIN FIRED & CHASED FROM THE STUDIO. ROSCOE FATTY ARBUCKLE, CECILE ARNOLD, CHARLIE CHASE, CHESTER CONKLIN, MINTA DURFEE, VIVIAN EDWARDS, HARRY MCCOY, CHARLES MURRAY, FRITZ SCHADE. |
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THE ROUNDERS
RELEASED SEPTEMBER 7, 1914 CHARLIE & FATTY, AS MR. FULL AND MR. FULLER, PLAY DRUNK ROISTERERS WHO ARE ALWAYS IN TROUBLE. RETURNING HOME, EACH IS SEVERELY SCOLDED BY HIS WIFE. WHILE THE WOMEN WRANGLE, THE MEN PILFER AS MUCH MONEY AS THEY CAN BEFORE SLIPPING OUT AGAIN. SOON THEY LAND IN A RESTAURANT WHERE THEIR WIVES HUNT THEM DOWN AND GLEEFULLY HUMILIATE THEM. IN THE END, CHARLIE & FATTY FIND THEMSELVES RECOVERING PEACEFULLY AS THE BOAT THEY'RE IN SLOWLY SINKS. PHYLLIS ALLEN, ROSCOE FATTY ARBUCKLE, CHARLIE CHASE, MINTA DURFEE, WALLACE MACDONALD, AL ST. JOHN, FRITZ SCHADE. |
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