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Mabel Normand (writer)
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Release Date:
27 April 1914 (USA) more
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Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He'll meet a pretty girl in the park, pretending to be a fancy ambassador, despite the jealousy of her fiancée. full summary | add synopsis
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High society and low comedy in OK early Chaplin effort more (9 total)

Cast

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Charles Chaplin ... Waiter
Mabel Normand ... Mabel
Harry McCoy ... Lover
Chester Conklin ... Waiter
Edgar Kennedy ... Cafe Proprietor
Minta Durfee ... Dancer
Phyllis Allen ... Dancer
Josef Swickard ... Father
Alice Davenport ... Mother
Gordon Griffith ... Boy
Alice Howell ... Party Guest
Hank Mann ... Cabaret Patron
Wallace MacDonald ... Party guest
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Charlie the Waiter (USA) (alternative title)
Faking with Society
Jazz Waiter
Prime Minister Charlie (USA) (alternative title)
The Waiter
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Runtime:
16 min
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1.33 : 1 more
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High society and low comedy in OK early Chaplin effort, 16 January 2009
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Author: OldAle1 from United States

Like all of the very early Chaplin works on this VHS, the quality is rather poor and there are dropouts -- not from the tape, but from the film elements -- sometimes enough so that the action is hard to follow. Not that it matters a whole lot, as these are for the most part very simple films with lots of knockabout action, broad humor, and very little else.

"Caught in a Cabaret" finds Charlie as a waiter in a cheap cabaret who, on an unauthorized "break" tries to convince a wealthy society girl that he is the Ambassador from Greece (how or why he contrives this particular scam is uncertain). He doesn't fool all of her high-society friends however and it all ends in a big ruckus back at his workplace. A bit overlong, lacking in the timing that Chaplin would bring to his efforts in as little as a year, but pleasant enough in a rough, silly way.

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