IN ONE OF HIS BEST KEYSTONE COMEDIES FROM 1914, CHARLIE CHAPLIN IS MARRIED TO LOVELY MABEL NORMAND. SHE'S UNHAPPY, BUT WHEN BIG MACK SWAIN IGNORES HIS OWN WIFE TO FLIRT WITH MABEL, CHARLIE DROWNS HIS JEALOUSY AT A LOCAL PUB. INTOXICATED UPON HIS RETURN HOME, CHARLIE MISTAKES A SPARRING DUMMY IN HIS APARTMENT FOR UNWELCOME MACK WITH BALLETICALLY COMIC RESULTS. THE FILM GIVES CHAPLIN A CHANCE TO USE PARTS OF HIS STAGE-PROVEN DRUNK ACT AND, LIKE MANY OF HIS PICTURES, OFFERS A DARK SUBTEXT (IN THIS CASE, IMPOTENCE AND ALCOHOLISM)
JUST BENEATH THE CLEVER SURFACE. FIRST FULL-LENGTH FEATURE COMEDY.
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