| ~The Rink~ 1916 |
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| ~Charles Chaplin~ |
| ~Plot Synopsis~ |
| ~"The Rink" Chaplin's New Comedy at Lyric~ ~Charlie Chaplin, the world's greatest comedian, will be seen a the Lyric today. In this play Chaplin is a waiter in a restaurant and his job keeps him constantly in trouble. He doesn't like the way the head waiter wears his whiskers, has no idea of the deference due from a newly graduated bus boy to "the head" makes eyes at the girls, and generally speaking, plays the deuce with precedent. The real action of the piece centers in the "Oaksapell Rink," where Charlie takes the lady upon whom he has for the moment centered his affections. This damsel is left by her father to the restaurant while he goes to the skating rink. Various flirtations, gay parties at the rink and at the restaurant, all sorts of excitement follow to fill the entire piece, with Charlie, the waiter, trying to pass off to Edna - including the flirtatious father (the eight-foot Eric Campbell) - after Charlie. "The Rink" is full of the typical business, applied to new situations and carried on in a new way. It is the very sort of action which has made Charlie so widely in demand. ~ The Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Tuesday Morning, December 12, 1916 |
| Directed by: Charles Chaplin |
| ~Cast~ Charles Chaplin ... A Waiter. Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer Edna Purviance ... The Girl James T. Kelley ... Her Father Eric Campbell ... Mr. Stout, Edna's Admirer Henry Bergman ... Mrs. Stout and Angry Diner Lloyd Bacon ... Guest Albert Austin ... The Cook and Skater Frank J. Coleman ... Restaurant Manager John Rand ... Waiter Charlotte Mineau ... Friend of Edna Leota Bryan ... Friend of Edna |
| ~Remaining Credits~ Produced by: Lone Star Corporation Distributed by: Mutual Film Produced by: Charles Chaplin Produced by: Henry P. Caulfield Cinematography by: Roland Totheroh Film Editing by: Charles Chaplin Assistant Camera: George C. 'Duke' Zalibra Property Master: George Cleethorpe Driver for Mr. Chaplin: Toraichi Kono Technical Director: Ed Brewer Assistant to Mr. Chaplin: Tom Harrington Runtime: 21 minutes Released: December 4, 1916 |
| Written by: Vincent Bryan - uncredited Charles Chaplin - writer Maverick Terrell - uncredited |
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