A Night Out (I) (1915)

After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.

Stars:

Charles Chaplin, Charles Allen Dealey, Frank Dolan

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Charles Chaplin	...	Reveller

Storyline

Charlie and Ben pay a visit to a pub, then decide to visit a swanky restaurant. Now intoxicated, they come into conflict with a French dandy and his ladyfriend. The large head waiter violently ejects Ben, and later ejects Charlie also. The pair pay another visit to a pub, then make their way to their hotel. They become interested in a pretty young woman staying in the room across the hall, but when Charlie spies on her through the keyhole a bellboy makes him stop. Charlie is taken aback to realize that the young woman's husband is the head waiter from the restaurant. He promptly checks out and moves to another hotel. Meanwhile, the head waiter and his wife, dissatisfied with the service, also decide to move to another hotel-- and, unfortunately, choose the same one Charlie has chosen, and once more wind up in the room across the hall from him. When the young woman's dog runs into Charlie's room she follows in her pajamas. Her husband returns to find his wife with Charlie in an ...

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Plot Keywords:

restaurant | hotel | saloon | fountain | fight | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Short

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 February 1915 (USA)

Also Known As:

Charlie's Drunken Daze

Filming Locations:

Niles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Essanay Film Manufacturing Company, The

Technical Specs

Runtime:

34 min 34 min 27 min (Ontario)

Sound Mix:

Silent

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was Edna Purviance's first film with Charles Chaplin.

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Connections

Featured in The Funniest Man in the World (1967)

User Reviews

too simple a plot--too much like ordinary slapstick

This is one of 5 Chaplin that are on the first DVD of Chaplin's Essanay Comedies. In general, compared to volume 2, the shorts on volume 1 aren't as well-made--because the DVDs are arranged chronologically. Chaplin's skill as a film maker and actor appeared to improve through his stay with Essanay Studios.

Charlie spends most of this film drinking and fighting with Ben Turpin. Later, a man and wife check in the hotel room across from their room and hilarity does not necessarily result. This is a standard slapstick-type film with lots of hitting and over-acting. Chaplin's genius is not exactly evident here--just slapping, pretending to get drunk and flirting with the wife. Nothing new or interesting here.