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Director:
Charles Chaplin
Writer:
Charles Chaplin (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2 April 1922 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Short more
Plot:
Charlie is an expert bricklayer. He has lots of fun and work and enjoys himself greatly while at the saloon... more | add synopsis
NewsDesk:
I'm Not a Huge Charles Chaplin Fan but...
 (From Rope Of Silicon. 2 February 2009, 12:41 AM, PST)

User Comments:
Chaplin's best short more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Charles Chaplin ... Laborer
Phyllis Allen ... His Wife
Mack Swain ... Foreman
Edna Purviance ... Foreman's Daughter
Syd Chaplin ... Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
Albert Austin ... Workman
John Rand ... Workman
Loyal Underwood ... Workman
Henry Bergman ... Drinking Companion
Al Ernest Garcia ... Drinking Companion and Policeman
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Edith Blythe ... Extra (uncredited)
Virginia Bodle ... Extra (uncredited)
Ethel Childers ... Extra (uncredited)
Joe Griffin ... Extra (uncredited)
Pete Griffin ... Extra (uncredited)
Helen Kapp ... Extra (uncredited)
Sylvia Menier ... Extra (uncredited)
La Belle Raymond ... Extra (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Extra (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Chaplin 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Charles Chaplin  writer

Produced by
Charles Chaplin .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Roland Totheroh 
 
Film Editing by
Charles Chaplin (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Charles D. Hall 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Reisner .... assistant director
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Wilson .... second camera operator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mother Vinot .... seamstress (uncredited)
 
Transportation Department
Toraichi Kono .... driver: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Nellie Bly Baker .... secretary: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)
Elsie Codd .... unit publicist (uncredited)
Tom Harrington .... assistant: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Runtime:
28 min | USA:21 min (TCM print)
Country:
USA
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System) (re-issue) | Silent
Certification:
Argentina:Atp

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Reportedly Charles Chaplin's favorite among his own short films. more
Quotes:
Foreman: [the Laborer's digging up tiny bunches of dirt] You're working by the hour, not the ounce! more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Chaplin Today: The Kid (2003) (TV) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
Chaplin's best short, 16 September 2005
Author: JoeytheBrit from www.moviemoviesite.com

This was the last of Chaplin's shorts and, for the first half at least, it bids fair to be his best. The first ten minutes are simply a succession of side-splitting set-pieces that show the comedian at his most inventive. Only Chaplin could make digging a hole funny. The sequence with the workmen's lift on the building site at which Chaplin works – he abandons the tramp persona while retaining the baggy outfit – is a master-class in split second comic timing, and the brick-throwing spectacle is a truly astonishing piece of work that requires repeated viewings – it's not so much the manner in which it's filmed but the seamless fashion in which the trickery is performed that amazes the first-time viewer even today.

The quality drops a little in the second half, which is hardly surprising given the near-perfection of the first reel, but Chaplin still manages to provide a number of laugh-out-loud moments. Playing a drunk might seem a cheap way of getting a laugh, but nobody could ever play a drunk as adroitly as Chaplin.

Watch and savour every moment of this classic.

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