Independent Films, Comedy, Classics
A Woman
by CharlieChaplin
Mother, Father and Daughter go to the park. The women dose off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for Charlie and invite him for dinner. The father returns home with a friend. Charlie rushes upstairs and dresses like a woman, shaving his mustache. Both men fall for Charlie.
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Details
Language: Silent
Year of production: 1915
Length: 19min 22sec
Country: United States
Suggested by:
Baxter Martin
Directors:
Charles Chaplin
Producers:
Jess Robbins
Actors:
Charles Chaplin .... Gentleman/'Nora Nettlerash'
Edna Purviance .... Daughter of the House
Charles Inslee .... Her Father
Marta Golden .... Her Mother
Margie Reiger .... Father's Lady Friend
Billy Armstrong .... Father's Friend
Leo White .... Idler in the Park
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Film reviews for A Woman
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Baxter Martin
Chaplin's first couple of years were spent as a one man film factory churning out dozens of short comedies. These short films would set up the myth of the lovable tramp as well as establish Chaplin as a comedic tour-de-force and perhaps the most bankable comedy star for years to come.
"A Woman" is a short film that manages to show a Chaplin that is irresistably attractive to both women and men! In order to escape a girlfriend's house after her father has come home, Charlie dresses up as a woman and poses as a college chum of the girl. He then has to deal with the advances of her father and a friend of his. A worthy note here is that Chaplin shaves his trademark mustache and we won't see that again for almost 40 years!!
So I guess it's a given that a goofy hobo is just one attractive dude! But another 'loveable' trait of Chaplin we get to see here is his staple mean streak. In this film, Chaplin shoves a man into a lake repeatedly! And while just about to be slugged in the face, he ducks out of the way so the woman behind him can get it. Oh what fun! "A Woman" is typical enjoyable Chaplin fare in a 20-minute dose. Easy and light!! -
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