Work
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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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Language: Silent
Year of production: 1915
Length: 20 min
Country: United States
Suggested by:
Baxter Martin
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Actors:
Charles Inslee .... Izzy A. Wake, Paperhanger (as Charles E. Insley)
Edna Purviance .... Maid
Billy Armstrong .... The Husband
Marta Golden .... The Wife
Leo White .... The Secret Lover
Paddy McGuire .... The Plasterbearer
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Baxter Martin
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2008-02-01 00:57:39
Chaplin's "Work"
“Work” (1915, Chaplin)
With the Keystone Studio 1914 over with and the Essanay 1915 underway, Charlie’s character was truly more of a sophomore effort. “Work” seems to be an average film of this year. There are more complicated laughs and Charlie isn’t such an asshole to folks anymore. It’s other people that treat him as such. The beginning of “Work” has Charlie pulling a loaded cart and a big fat dude whipping him, even up a hill! The big fat dude turns out to be Charlie’s lazy unprofessional boss.
“Work” has its moments and definitely shows the maturation of Charlie’s character. This film was Charlie’s 43rd film overall and 28th directing. A favorite scene has to be when the woman of the house distrusts the two painters (Charlie and boss) so that she gathers up her silver and puts it into a safe. Charlie’s reply is to ask his boss to empty his pocket’s components of a watch and coins, together with Charlie’s timepiece, and placed all into one of Charlie’s pockets right in front of the woman of the house. Nice!