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The Pawnshop
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.
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Language: Silent
Year of production: 1916
Length: 32 minutes
Country: United States
Directors:
Charles Chaplin, Edward Brewer (technical director)
Producers:
Henry P. Caulfield
Actors:
Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman
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