Charlie Chaplin's " The Pawnshop"
Charlie Chaplin's " The Pawnshop"1916Charlie Chaplin, SilentsCharlie Chaplin's 56th Film Released Oct 02 1916. The Pawnshop was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Mutual Film Company. Chaplin played the role of assistant to the pawnshop owner. Henry Bergman played the owner and Edna Purviance the owner's daughter. Albert Austin played an alarm clock owner who watches Charlie in dismay as he checks out the clock. This was one of Chaplin's more popular Mutual Films, mainly for the slapstick comedy he was famous for at the time. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0007162/
The Pawnshop was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Mutual Film. Released on October 2, 1916, it stars Chaplin in the role of assistant to the pawnshop owner, played by Henry Bergman. Edna Purviance plays the owner's daughter, while Albert Austin appears as an alarm clock owner who watches Chaplin in dismay as he dismantles the clock; the massive Eric Campbell (actor)'s character attempts to rob the shop.
This was one of Chaplin's more popular movies for Mutual, mainly for the slapstick comedy he was famous for at the time.
Synopsis
Chaplin plays an assistant in a pawnshop run by Bergman. He engages in a slapstick battles with his fellow pawnshop assistant, deals with eccentric customers, and flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter.
One customer, posing as a jewelry buyer, pulls a gun and tries to rob the place. Chaplin disarms him.
Primary cast
File:The Pawnshop (1916).ogv
Charles Chaplin: Pawnshop assistant
Henry Bergman: Pawnbroker
Edna Purviance: His daughter
John Rand (actor): Pawnshop assistant
Albert Austin: Client with clock
Wesley Ruggles: Client with ring
Eric Campbell (actor): Thief
Sound version
In 1932, Van Beuren Studios of Van Beuren Studios, purchased Chaplin's Mutual comedies for $10,000 each, added music by Gene Rodemich and Winston Sharples and sound effects, and re-released them through RKO Radio Pictures. Chaplin had no legal recourse to stop the RKO release.
See also
Charlie Chaplin filmography
Category:1916 films
Category:1910s comedy films
Category:American silent short films
Category:Films directed by Charlie Chaplin
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:American films
Category:American comedy films
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