Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and...
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| Charles Chaplin | ... |
Izzy A. Wake's Assistant
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The Husband (uncredited)
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Marta Golden | ... |
The Wife (uncredited)
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| Charles Inslee | ... |
Izzy A. Wake - Paperhanger (uncredited)
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| Paddy McGuire | ... |
The Plasterbearer (uncredited)
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| Edna Purviance | ... |
Maid (uncredited)
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| Leo White | ... |
The Secret Lover (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Charles Chaplin | ... | (uncredited) |
Written by
| Charles Chaplin | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
| Jess Robbins | ... | producer (uncredited) |
Music by
| Robert Israel | ... | (uncredited) (1999) |
Cinematography by
| Harry Ensign | ... | (uncredited) |
| Roland Totheroh | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
| Charles Chaplin | ... | (uncredited) |
| Bret Hampton | ... | video editor (uncredited) (1999) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Ernest Van Pelt | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
| E.T. Mazy | ... | scenic artist (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- General Film Company (1915) (United States) (theatrical)
- The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company (1915) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Victor Kremer Film Features (1919) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Elcon Pictures (1965) (United States) (tv) (As a part of the Charlie Chaplin Theatre program)
- Welmax Film (1965) (World-wide) (as a part of the Charlie Chaplin Theatre program)
- Prime TV Films (1965) (United States) (tv) (as a part of the Charlie Chaplin Theatre program)
- Inter Arte Films (1974) (Spain) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Tusisa Films (1980) (Spain) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Kino Video (1999) (United States) (VHS) (Included in "Chaplin's Essanay Comedies Volume 2")
- Madacy Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
- Living Colour Entertainment (2007) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Bee Hive Film Exchange (1919) (United States) (theatrical) (Illinois, Indiana, & Wisconsin)
- Delta Music (2003) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- BFI Video (2003) (United Kingdom) (DVD)
- FilmAnnex (2006) (World-wide)
- Grapevine Video (United States) (VHS)
- Kino International (1999) (United States)
- PolyGram Video (1994) (United Kingdom) (video)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Blackhawk Films Inc. (film material) (1999)
- Lobster Films (film material) (1999)
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) (film material) (1999)
Storyline
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Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
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| Taglines | Here is the one You have been Waiting for CHARLES CHAPLIN That Champion Fun Maker at His Best in a two-Reel Side Splitter "WORK" (Print Ad- Glasgow Courier, ((Glasgow, Mont.)) 30 July 1915) See more » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | This film was one of several Chaplin comedies scheduled to be shown at the New-York Historical Society in September of 2001. In the wake of the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center, however, this film and one other, Dough and Dynamite, were pulled from the program, because each one ends with Charlie emerging from the rubble of a destroyed building. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Edited into Nitrate Base (1996). See more » |