Work(Movie, 1915)

Name: Work
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1915
Duration: T00:28:00
Rating: 3

| 28min | Genre: Comedy

Rating: 3.0/5 (with 29 votes)

Work is a 1915 American silent film starring Charlie Chaplin (his eighth film for Essanay Films), and co-starring Edna Purviance, Marta Golden and Charles Inslee. It was filmed at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. It is one of the first movies to appreciate the slapstick potential of a painting and decorating scenario. ()

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About Work

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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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: No Language (XX)

Translated into 12 languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 06/21/1915

Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Leo White, Charles Inslee, Paddy McGuire, Billy Armstrong

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Producer: Jess Robbins

Screenwriter: Charlie Chaplin

Film Editor: Charlie Chaplin

Director of Photography: Harry Ensign

Composer: Robert Israel

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"На работа"

"Carlitos Limpador de Vidraças"

"Chaplin lepicem tapet"

"Chaplin som Tapetserer"

"Carlitos empapelador"

"Charlot trabaja"

"Charlot, empapelador"

"Työ"

"Charlot apprenti"

"Δουλειά"

"Charlie, az inas"

"チャップリンのお仕事"

"Chaplin paa arbeide"

"Praca"

"Charlot Aprendiz"

"Rad"

"Charlie på arbete"

"Chaplin lepičom tapiet"

"Charlie at Work"

"Charlie the Decorator"

"Only a Working Man"

"The Paperhanger"

"The Plumber"

Keywords: explosion, short film, black and white, slapstick comedy, cuckold, silent film, gas leak, maid

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Work(Movie, 1915)

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