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2 April 1922 (USA) morePlot:
Charlie is an expert bricklayer. He has lots of fun and work and enjoys himself greatly while at the saloon... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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I'm Not a Huge Charles Chaplin Fan but...(From Rope Of Silicon. 2 February 2009, 12:41 AM, PST)
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Chaplin's best short moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Charles Chaplin | ... | Laborer |
 | Phyllis Allen | ... | His Wife |
| Mack Swain | ... | Foreman |
| Edna Purviance | ... | Foreman's Daughter |
| Syd Chaplin | ... | Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner |
| Albert Austin | ... | Workman |
| John Rand | ... | Workman |
| Loyal Underwood | ... | Workman |
| Henry Bergman | ... | Drinking Companion |
| Al Ernest Garcia | ... | Drinking Companion and Policeman |
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28 min | USA:21 min (TCM print)Country:
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1.33 : 1 moreCertification:
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Chaplin Studios - 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USAFun Stuff
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Foreman: [the Laborer's digging up tiny bunches of dirt] You're working by the hour, not the ounce! moreFAQ
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This was the last of Chaplin's shorts and, for the first half at least, it bids fair to be his best. The first ten minutes are simply a succession of side-splitting set-pieces that show the comedian at his most inventive. Only Chaplin could make digging a hole funny. The sequence with the workmen's lift on the building site at which Chaplin works – he abandons the tramp persona while retaining the baggy outfit – is a master-class in split second comic timing, and the brick-throwing spectacle is a truly astonishing piece of work that requires repeated viewings – it's not so much the manner in which it's filmed but the seamless fashion in which the trickery is performed that amazes the first-time viewer even today.
The quality drops a little in the second half, which is hardly surprising given the near-perfection of the first reel, but Chaplin still manages to provide a number of laugh-out-loud moments. Playing a drunk might seem a cheap way of getting a laugh, but nobody could ever play a drunk as adroitly as Chaplin.
Watch and savour every moment of this classic.