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Charles Chaplin (center).
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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The Property Man
Also known as The Roustabout, Getting His Goat and Charlie’s Vamping Venus in the USA; Charlot garçon de théâtre in France
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin [the property man], Fritz Schade [Garlico, the strong man], Phyllis Allen [the ham actress], Charles Bennett, Norma Nichols, Alice Davenport, Joe Bordeaux (Joe Bordeau), Lee Morris, Mack Sennett [an audience member], Harry McCoy [an audience member], Slim Summerville [an audience member]
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by Charles Chaplin. / No copyright registration. Released 1 August 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / [?] Completed or shipped? on 18 July 1914. The film was reedited and rereleased in the USA as The Roustabout by W.H. Productions Company in 1918. The film was rereleased in the USA by Maco Comedies as Getting His Goat. The film was rereleased in the USA on State Rights basis as Charlie’s Vamping Venus. The film was restored by the British Film Institute in 2005.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in the British Film Institute National Archive film archive [35mm restoration negative, 35mm restoration positives]; also in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 July 2024.
References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 85; Jacobs-Chaplin p. 135; Lahue-Kops p. 147; Lahue-Mack p. 295; Tarbox-Lost p. 204.
Home video: DVD.
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