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RUNTIME
Did you know
Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Cast
Charlie Chaplin
Various Roles (archive footage)
Eric Campbell
Various Roles (archive footage)
Edna Purviance
Various Roles (archive footage)
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Writers
- Charlie Chaplin
- Countries
- United States of America
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Did you know?
Fun facts 🍿
Cinephile deep dive
The take
Charlie Chaplin directs. Roland Totheroh behind the camera. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 75-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 285 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Directed by Charlie Chaplin, shot by Roland Totheroh. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 5Charlie Chaplin and Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance carry the top of the cast.
- 6IMDB entry: tt0284687 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 7Only 5 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Roland Totheroh
- Runtime
- 75 min · 1h 15m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Charlie Chaplin
Production companies
Who made it
- MU
Mutual Film Corporation
Key crew
- ProducerCharlie Chaplin
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1941-08-01
Also known as
International titles
- Chaplin-kavalkadeNO
- Chaplin i sitt essNO
