| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
In his second Essanay comedy Charlie Chaplin is teamed with cross-eyed comic Ben Turpin as two
drunks on a spree. It is noteworthy as his first film with Edna Purviance, who was to be his love interest
in films for the next eight years, and in real life for the next three. It combines elements from at least
three Keystones, Mabel's Strange Predicament, The Rounders and Caught in the Rain, but uses a
number of comic transpositions of the type that were to become Chaplin's hallmark. Charlie and Ben
carouse to a saloon and a restaurant, incurring the wrath of a French boulevardier and a restaurant
manager. Ejected from the restaurant, they return to their hotel room where they meet Edna, whose
room is across the hall. Charlie flirts with Edna until her husband, the restaurant manager, returns and
chases him away. Charlie and Ben then have a fight, and Charlie packs and leaves the hotel, checking
into another one nearby. Edna and hubby decide they don't like the hotel either and move into
Charlie's. Charlie undresses for bed in his room while Edna, across the hall, plays fetch with her dog.
When she throws her slipper into the hallway, the dog takes it into Charlie's room and under his bed.
Chasing the dog, Edna hides under Charlie's bed when he re-enters the room from the bathroom. He
escorts her back to her room but is caught there by the irate husband. When hubby draws a pistol,
Charlie escapes through the window but makes his way back into the hotel. He encounters Ben who
has come looking for Charlie's share of the rent on their former room, and a fight ensues in which
Charlie ends up floundering in the bathtub.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
drunks on a spree. It is noteworthy as his first film with Edna Purviance, who was to be his love interest
in films for the next eight years, and in real life for the next three. It combines elements from at least
three Keystones, Mabel's Strange Predicament, The Rounders and Caught in the Rain, but uses a
number of comic transpositions of the type that were to become Chaplin's hallmark. Charlie and Ben
carouse to a saloon and a restaurant, incurring the wrath of a French boulevardier and a restaurant
manager. Ejected from the restaurant, they return to their hotel room where they meet Edna, whose
room is across the hall. Charlie flirts with Edna until her husband, the restaurant manager, returns and
chases him away. Charlie and Ben then have a fight, and Charlie packs and leaves the hotel, checking
into another one nearby. Edna and hubby decide they don't like the hotel either and move into
Charlie's. Charlie undresses for bed in his room while Edna, across the hall, plays fetch with her dog.
When she throws her slipper into the hallway, the dog takes it into Charlie's room and under his bed.
Chasing the dog, Edna hides under Charlie's bed when he re-enters the room from the bathroom. He
escorts her back to her room but is caught there by the irate husband. When hubby draws a pistol,
Charlie escapes through the window but makes his way back into the hotel. He encounters Ben who
has come looking for Charlie's share of the rent on their former room, and a fight ensues in which
Charlie ends up floundering in the bathtub.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
| Directed & Written by: Charles Chaplin |
| ~Cast~ Charles Chaplin ... Reveller Ben Turpin ... Fellow Reveller Bud Jamison ... Headwaiter Edna Purviance ... The Headwaiter's Wife Leo White ... 'French' Dandy / Desk clerk Fred Goodwins ... Desk clerk at second hotel Charles Allen Dealey ... Restaurant Manager (uncredited) Frank Dolan ... Waiter (uncredited) W. Coleman Elam ... Bit Role (uncredited) Earl Esola ... Bellboy with Cigar Boxes (uncredited) Eddie Fries ... Bit Role (uncredited) Madrona Hicks ... Veiled Woman (uncredited) Daniel P. Kelleher ... Bellboy Carrying Suitcases (uncredited) Eva Sawyer ... The Count's Companion (uncredited) Lee Willard ... Soup Slurper (uncredited) Fred Windemere ... Cop (uncredited) |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced by: The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company Distributed by: General Film Company Produced by: Jess Robbins Cinematography by: Harry Ensign Film Editing by: Charles Chaplin Assistant Director: Ernest Van Pelt Released: February 15, 1915 |
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| ~A Night Out~ 1915 |
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