A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2024 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Charles Chaplin (right). Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Tom Wilson, Tom Terris, Henry Bergman, Loyal Underwood, Tom Wood, Helen Kohn, Olive Burton, Willie Mae Carson, Olive Alcorn (Olive Ann Alcorn), Park Jones, Granville Redmond, Al Blake, Shorty Hendricks, Lulu Jenks, George Cole, David Kohn, Tom Harrington

Charles Chaplin production; distributed by First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Incorporated. / Produced by Charles Chaplin. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh. / © 1919 by First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, Incorporated. Released 15 June 1919. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The third First National contract film. The film was in production from 4 November 1918 through 15 April 1919. Albert Austin appeared in a cut scene as a man being shaved. ZaSu Pitts also appeared in the production, but her part was not included in the finished film.

Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Accidents - Alarm clocks - Animals: Bulls, Cows, Goats - Bells - Bibles - Birds: Chickens - Blindfolds - Bridges - Cactus - Canes - Canned food - Cooking - Dances - Dreams - Feather dusters - Flypaper - Furniture: Beds - Hotels: Hotel rooms - Lawnmowers - Love triangles - Medical: Doctors - Money - Mops - Musical instruments: Organs - Newspapers - Pens - Razors - Sea shells - Sheet music - Signage - Socks - Stoves - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Toothbrushes - Transportation: Automobiles - Umbrellas

Listing updated: 17 May 2012.

References: Film credits, film viewing: Bardèche-History pp. 80, 214-215, 216, 218; Bohn-Light p. 99; Brownlow-Parade p. 500; Fell-History pp. 97, 99; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 50g, 60, 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 93, 95, 163, 168-169, 184, 250, 286; Lahue-World p. 147; Leyda-Before p. 71; McGhee-Wayne p. 118; Robinson-Chaplin pp. 723-724; Sarris-Sternberg p. 6; Schuchman-Hollywood p. 25: ClasIm-220 pp. C6, C10.

Home video: DVD.