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13 November 1916 (USA)
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Charlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss. full summary | add synopsis
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Not one of the best Mutual shorts
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(Complete credited cast) | Eric Campbell | ... | Goliath (a stagehand) |
 | Charles Chaplin | ... | David (Goliath's assistant) |
| Edna Purviance | ... | The girl |
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The Pride of Hollywood (USA) (alternative title)
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15 min | Argentina:30 min | Germany:24 min (restored version)
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Featured in Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
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Charlie has various misadventures while working in the property department of a movie studio. For some reason, this film turned out to be the last of Chaplin's twelve Mutual shorts that I saw. I really looked forward to seeing it, thinking that Charlie would make the most of the studio location.
Sadly, if only because of my sense of anticipation, I was a bit disappointed. I didn't find it as funny as the bulk of the other Mutual shorts. Despite a location rich in potential, I found the funniest moments in this film to be some of the smallest – like Charlie trying to steal bites from Albert Austin's lunch. Still, the film retains interest as a behind the screen view of motion picture production circa 1916. (A superior and more concise view of the world of producing silent films can be found in 'Singing in the Rain' as Gene Kelly walks through a silent studio with the head of the studio.) To me, the most interesting thing about this film is Chaplin's hostile attitude toward the striking union workers. If he had made this film later in his career, the radical unionists might have been the good guys!