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Title: One A.M. (1916)
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A one-man mime show. Charlie comes home drunk. Forgetting his key, he climbs in through the window, climbs back out with the key, and goes through the door. The rest are equilibrium gags, the central one being with his collapsible wall-bed. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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key | burned with a cigarette | murphy bed | taxi driver | exiting through window |Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
7 August 1916 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Solo See more »Filming Locations:
Lone Star Studio - 1751 Glendale Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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1.33 : 1
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Drunk: [title card] They should build these handles nearer the door.
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This was the first film that Charles Chaplin starred in alone, except for a brief scene of Albert Austin playing a cab driver. See more »Goofs
Despite the title, it is clearly daytime when Chaplin arrives home in a cab. See more »Quotes
[first lines]Drunk: [title card] They should build these handles nearer the door.
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One of Charlie Chaplin's many short comedies, "One A.M." is essentially a one-man show, and while it is purely slapstick-oriented without any of the depth of Chaplin's later films, it's pretty good. Except for a brief appearance by a cab driver at the beginning, Charlie is on-screen alone for the entire film, as a man returning home after a night of carousing. All he wants to do is go to bed, but before he can go to bed, he has to get up the stairs, and before he can get up the stairs, he has to get inside the house
- but in Charlie's condition, each step is fraught with
peril.The film starts somewhat slowly, but gets funnier as it goes along. Chaplin shows off not just his comic timing, but his acrobatic skills as well - some of the stunts are pretty impressive. While this is certainly not one of his best, it's worth watching.