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 short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...

 wrote, directed, and starred in the film. It is Chaplin's final two-reel short film.

Plot

Chaplin plays a laborer on a house construction site. When he gets paid, his wife wants all of the money, but he manages to keep enough of it to go out drinking. He returns home just in time to pretend he has just woken up to go to work.

Cast

• Charlie Chaplin
  Charlie Chaplin
  Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
  
   as Laborer
• Phyllis Allen
  Phyllis Allen
  Phyllis Allen was an American vaudeville and silent screen comedienne who worked with Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, and Mack Sennett during a film career spanning 74 movies during the decade between 1913 and 1923.-Partial filmography:*Forced Bravery *Murphy's I.O.U....
  
   as His Wife
• Mack Swain
  Mack Swain
  Mack Swain was an American actor and vaudevillian, prolific throughout the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s.-Film career:...
  
   as Foreman
• Edna Purviance
  Edna Purviance
  Edna Purviance was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many Charlie Chaplin movies. In a span of eight years, she appeared in over thirty films with Chaplin.-Early life:...
  
   as Foreman's Daughter
• Syd Chaplin as Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner