Charlie Chaplin's "Work" (1915)

1915 · Silent film · 28 min · dir. Charlie Chaplin

• Comedy

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Synopsis

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.

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Details

Director

Charlie Chaplin

Writer

Charlie Chaplin

Cinematography

Harry Ensign

Studio

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Released

1915-06-21

Running time

28 minutes

Cast & crew

• Charlie Chaplin Director
• Charlie Chaplin
• Charles Inslee
• Edna Purviance
• Billy Armstrong
• MMarta Golden
• Leo White
• PPaddy McGuire

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