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Work

  • 1915
  • Not Rated
  • 29m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
2K
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Work (1915)
SlapstickComedyShort

Charlie works for a painter hired to wallpaper a house. The owner can't get breakfast. The kitchen gas stove explodes. The wife's secret lover arrives. Looks like a rough day for all at the ... Read allCharlie works for a painter hired to wallpaper a house. The owner can't get breakfast. The kitchen gas stove explodes. The wife's secret lover arrives. Looks like a rough day for all at the corner of Easy Street and Hardluck Ave.Charlie works for a painter hired to wallpaper a house. The owner can't get breakfast. The kitchen gas stove explodes. The wife's secret lover arrives. Looks like a rough day for all at the corner of Easy Street and Hardluck Ave.

  • Director
    • Charles Chaplin
  • Writer
    • Charles Chaplin
  • Stars
    • Charles Chaplin
    • Billy Armstrong
    • Marta Golden
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Charles Chaplin
    • Writer
      • Charles Chaplin
    • Stars
      • Charles Chaplin
      • Billy Armstrong
      • Marta Golden
    • 13User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
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    Top Cast7

    Charles Chaplin
    Charles Chaplin
    • Izzy A. Wake's Assistant
    Billy Armstrong
    Billy Armstrong
    • The Husband
    • (uncredited)
    Marta Golden
    • The Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Inslee
    Charles Inslee
    • Izzy A. Wake - Paperhanger
    • (uncredited)
    Paddy McGuire
    Paddy McGuire
    • The Plasterbearer
    • (uncredited)
    Edna Purviance
    Edna Purviance
    • Maid
    • (uncredited)
    Leo White
    Leo White
    • The Secret Lover
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Charles Chaplin
    • Writer
      • Charles Chaplin
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    • Trivia
      This film was one of several Chaplin comedies scheduled to be shown at the New-York Historical Society in September of 2001. In the wake of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, however, this film and one other, Dough and Dynamite, were pulled from the program, because each one ends with Charlie emerging from the rubble of a destroyed building.
    • Goofs
      The husband shoots ten times with a six-gun without reloading.
    • Quotes
      • Title Card: The Ford family lived in a two-passenger form-fitting home at the corner of Easy Street and Hardluck Ave.
    • Alternate versions
      Footage shot for this film was later used in Triple Trouble (1918), a patchwork film compiled by Essanay after Chaplin had left the studio.
    • Connections
      Edited into Nitrato d'argento (1996)

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    Details

    • Release date
      • June 21, 1915 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
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    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Charlie the Decorator
    • Filming locations
      • San Francisco, California, USA
    • Production company
      • The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 29m
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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