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The Rounders (1914) -- Two drunks live in the same hotel. One beats his wife, the other is beaten by his. They go off and get drunk together...

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Director:
Charles Chaplin
Writer:
Charles Chaplin (writer)
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Release Date:
7 September 1914 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Short more
Plot:
Two drunks live in the same hotel. One beats his wife, the other is beaten by his. They go off and get drunk together... more | add synopsis
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Charlie and Fatty find friendship with alcohol and mutual disdain for wives more

Cast

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Charles Chaplin ... Reveller

Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle ... Charlie's Neighbor
Phyllis Allen ... Charlie's Wife
Minta Durfee ... Fatty's Wife
Al St. John ... Bellhop / Waiter
Jess Dandy ... Diner
Wallace MacDonald ... Diner
Charley Chase ... Diner
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Going Down (USA)
Oh, What a Night (USA)
Revelry
The Love Thief (USA)
Tip, Tap, Toe (USA)
Two of a Kind
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Runtime:
16 min | 11 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent

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Featured in Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp (1980) (TV) more

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Charlie and Fatty find friendship with alcohol and mutual disdain for wives, 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. This short with the previous "Masquerader" is a little bit more imaginative and interesting than the first three.

"The Rounders" again features Fatty Arbuckle; this time Charlie and Fatty are neighbors in a cheap apartment building, each with wife trouble: Fatty beats up his wife, while Charlie gets beaten by his. They make enough racket that their wives get angry and send them next door to shut up the other neighbor, but after a little bit of knockabout Charlie and Fatty decide instead to split some booze and go off to a fancy restaurant, where after more mischief they are kicked out, only to go off in a leaky rowboat together, apparently drowning at the finish! Just about as good as the previous short, "The Masquerader", quite solid and re-watchable.

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