Independent Films, Comedy, Classics
The Bank
by CharlieChaplin
Charlie does everything but an efficient job as janitor. Edna buys her fiance, the cashier, a birthday present. Charlie thinks "To Charles with Love" is for him. He presents her a rose which she throws in the garbage. Depressed, Charlie dreams of a bank robbery and his heroic role in saving he manager and Edna ... but it is only a dream.
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Details
Language: Silent
Year of production: 1915
Length: 14min 16sec
Country: United States
Suggested by:
Baxter Martin
Directors:
Charles Chaplin
Producers:
Jess Robbins
Actors:
Charles Chaplin .... Charlie, a Janitor
Edna Purviance .... Edna, a Secretary
Carl Stockdale .... Charles, a Cashier
Charles Inslee .... Bank President
Leo White .... Clerk
Billy Armstrong .... Another Janitor
Fred Goodwins .... Bald Cashier/Bank Robber with Derby
John Rand .... Bank Robber and salesman
Lloyd Bacon .... Bank Robber
Frank J. Coleman .... Bank Robber
Paddy McGuire .... Cashier in White Coat
Wesley Ruggles .... Bank Customer
Carrie Clark Ward .... Bank Customer
Lawrence A. Bowes .... Bond Salesman
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Film reviews for The Bank
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Baxter Martin
“The Bank” (1915, Chaplin)
“The Bank” was one of Charlie’s 1915 Essanay films. While these group of films are more watchable than their 1914 counterparts, this one seems a bit below average. The gag with the janitorial double combo-locked vault and the tough-luck ending that has Charlie waking up from a dream, in which he is stroking the lead lady’s hair, only to be stroking the head of a mop he had used as a quasi pillow, are both classic Chaplin moments. They are both ironically the beginning and the end. The middle is filled in with fighting with the rival co-worker janitor and busting up a bank robbery to win the girl. The mop is probably the greatest physical prop of this movie and Charlie uses it to expert comedic effect whether while it is the intention of his character or not. The mop seems to be Charlie’s alter-ego doing things he wishes he could do but wouldn’t with his own two hands. Interesting stuff but there’s better.
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