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A Busy Day
by Charlie Chaplin
A Busy Day is a 1914 short film starring Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain.In A Busy Day, Chaplin plays a wife jealous of her husband's (Mack Swain) interest in another woman, played by Phyllis Allen. On her way to attack the couple, the wife interrupts the set of a film, knocking over a film director, played by Mack Sennett, and a police officer, played by Billy Gilbert. Finally, the husband pushes Chaplin off of a pier, where his character falls into a harbor.
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Language: English
Year of production: 1914
Length: 6 mins
Country: United States
Directors:
Charlie Chaplin
Producers:
Mack Sennett
Actors:
Charlie Chaplin
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