Chaplin's "By The Sea"

2008-04-15 00:39:12

By The Sea, 1915, Chaplin

"By The Sea" is a good piece of the 1915 stuff. Charlie starts some hat shenanigans with the husband of a woman he eyes. Said shenanigans precede some beachfront tussling. I don't know what's going on with those hats but it is a pretty funny scene. Charlie 'the stroller' is the woman-less man in this film and despite his clumsy flirtations with two wives, he ends up on a beach bench between the two couples that tips over to end the film. No love lost.

This film was Charlie's 42nd overall and 26th as a director. The film was shot on location, and improvised over the course of a day, at Crystal Pier in Los Angeles. Part of the enjoyment of watching this film is the piers and warehouses in the background. Going on 100 years ago! Charlie was in between studios at the time of this film and so enter the beach.

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