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| ~In The Park~ 1915 |
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| ~Edna Purviance, unknown and Charles Chaplin~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
Charlie Chaplin's fourth release for Essanay is very similar to his Keystone Twenty Minutes of Love. He
had taken longer than planned to complete his previous film, The Champion, and he felt obliged to give
Essanay a new film quickly, so he shot and edited this park farce in the course of a week. It opens with
Leo White in his French Count costume and Margie Reiger spooning on a park bench, observed by an
amused Edna Purviance seated on a nearby bench, wearing a nursemaid's outfit and minding a baby
carriage. Chaplin, strolling through the park, encounters an inept pickpocket, from whose pocket
Chaplin picks a cigarette and a match. Chaplin comes upon the couple, and mocking their emotions, he
gets chased away. Purviance is joined by her boyfriend Bud Jamison who goes off to buy a hot dog from
a vendor.
Finding Purviance alone, Chaplin makes eyes at her and gets a few smiles in return, but when he tries to
mash her she spurns him. Meanwhile the pickpocket steals Reiger's purse while the couple are necking.
Returning to Purviance, Jamison chases Chaplin away. Chaplin encounters the same hot dog vendor and
steals a string of hot dogs which he hangs from his breast pocket and eats by swinging them up to his
mouth. The pickpocket steals Chaplin's hot dogs, but Chaplin steals the purse from his pocket. While
Chaplin sells the purse to Jamison for $2, the pickpocket starts a brick fight during which everyone
except Chaplin is knocked out. Chaplin gives the purse to Purviance, who rewards him with a hug, but
Jamison awakens and returns to claim the purse and Purviance. By this time Reiger has discovered her
purse is gone and sends White over to Jamison to retrieve it. He is beaten back by Jamison and when
Reiger spurns him for his ineptitude he contemplates suicide. Chaplin comes along and obliges him by
booting him into the lake. Meanwhile Reiger has summoned a cop who gets the purse back from
Jamison and confronts Chaplin, but ends up in the lake along with Jamison, as Chaplin strolls away.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
had taken longer than planned to complete his previous film, The Champion, and he felt obliged to give
Essanay a new film quickly, so he shot and edited this park farce in the course of a week. It opens with
Leo White in his French Count costume and Margie Reiger spooning on a park bench, observed by an
amused Edna Purviance seated on a nearby bench, wearing a nursemaid's outfit and minding a baby
carriage. Chaplin, strolling through the park, encounters an inept pickpocket, from whose pocket
Chaplin picks a cigarette and a match. Chaplin comes upon the couple, and mocking their emotions, he
gets chased away. Purviance is joined by her boyfriend Bud Jamison who goes off to buy a hot dog from
a vendor.
Finding Purviance alone, Chaplin makes eyes at her and gets a few smiles in return, but when he tries to
mash her she spurns him. Meanwhile the pickpocket steals Reiger's purse while the couple are necking.
Returning to Purviance, Jamison chases Chaplin away. Chaplin encounters the same hot dog vendor and
steals a string of hot dogs which he hangs from his breast pocket and eats by swinging them up to his
mouth. The pickpocket steals Chaplin's hot dogs, but Chaplin steals the purse from his pocket. While
Chaplin sells the purse to Jamison for $2, the pickpocket starts a brick fight during which everyone
except Chaplin is knocked out. Chaplin gives the purse to Purviance, who rewards him with a hug, but
Jamison awakens and returns to claim the purse and Purviance. By this time Reiger has discovered her
purse is gone and sends White over to Jamison to retrieve it. He is beaten back by Jamison and when
Reiger spurns him for his ineptitude he contemplates suicide. Chaplin comes along and obliges him by
booting him into the lake. Meanwhile Reiger has summoned a cop who gets the purse back from
Jamison and confronts Chaplin, but ends up in the lake along with Jamison, as Chaplin strolls away.
Plot Synopsis from allmovie.com
| Written & Directed by: Charles Chaplin |
| ~Cast~ Charles Chaplin ...Charlie Edna Purviance ...Nursemaid Leo White ...The Count, Elegant Masher Leona Anderson ... The Count's Fancy Bud Jamison ...Edna's Beau Billy Armstrong ...Sausage Thief Ernest Van Pelt ...Sausage Seller Lloyd Bacon ...Pocketbook Thief |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Production Company: The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company Distribution Company: General Film Company Producer: Jess Robbins Cinematography by: Harry Ensign Film Editing by: Charles Chaplin (uncredited) Assistant Director: Ernest Van Pelt Runtime: 15 Minutes Released: March 18, 1915 |
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