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Charles Chaplin (left) and Edgar Kennedy.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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A Film Johnnie
Also known as A Film Johnny, Film Johnny and His Million Dollar Job in the USA; Charlot fait du cinéma in France : [Movie Nut], [Charlie at the Studio]
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by George Nichols
Cast: Charles Chaplin [the film johnnie], Virginia Kirtley [the Keystone Girl, a film actress], Edgar Kennedy [the director], Harry McCoy [himself; a man in the theater audience (front row); and the fire chief], Roscoe Arbuckle [himself], Ford Sterling [himself], Henry Lehrman [himself], Mabel Normand [herself], Minta Durfee [herself; and a woman in the theater audience], George Nichols [the older actor in the onscreen film], [?] Billy Gilbert? [the theater usher], [?] ? [the cameraman], Hank Mann [the prop boy; and a man in the theater audience], Dan Albert [a man in the theater audience], William Hauber [a man in the theater audience], Sadie Lampe [a woman in the theater audience], Frank Opperman [a man in the theater audience]
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Craig Hutchinson. Cinematography by Frank D. Williams. / No copyright registration. Released 2 March 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: A Movie Bug. [?] Completed or shipped? on 11 February 1914. The film was rereleased in the USA as His Million Dollar Job by W.H. Productions Company. The film was rereleased in the USA as Film Johnny by Exhibitors Pictures Corporation in the 1930s. [?] Website-IMDb acting credits for Mack Sennett and Billy Gilbert appear to be erroneous.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [35mm nitrate positive, 35mm nitrate positive (second copy), 35mm duplicate negative, 35mm duplicate negative (second copy)]; in the Library of Congress film archive [35mm safety duplicate negative]; in the holdings of Lobster Films, Paris [35mm nitrate duplicate negative]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Accidents - Actors: Film - Cameras: Motion-picture - Communication: Telephones - Film within film - Fire: Firemen, Hoses, Smoke - Money - Motion-picture studios: Actors, Crew, Production, Sets - Street scenes - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Transportation: Automobiles - Water - Weapons: Guns
Listing updated: 2 October 2024.
References: Film viewing : Asplund-Chaplin p. ?; Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 250; Jacobs-Chaplin p. 135; Lahue-Kops p. 144; Lahue-Mack p. 294; Tarbox-Lost p. 197 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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