A Woman
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A Woman | |
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Directed by | Charlie Chaplin |
Produced by | Jess Robbins |
Written by | Charlie Chaplin |
Starring | Charles Chaplin Charles Inslee Marta Golden Edna Purviance Leo White |
Music by | Robert Israel (Kino video release) |
Cinematography | Harry Ensign |
Editing by | Charlie Chaplin |
Distributed by | Essanay Studios General Film Company |
Release date(s) | July 12, 1915 |
Running time | 20 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent English (original titles) |
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A Woman was Charlie Chaplin's ninth film for Essanay Films. It was made in Los Angeles at the Majectic Studio. The film starts with Chaplin meeting Edna (Edna Purviance) and her parents in a park; the mother is played by Marta Golden and the father by Charles Insley. In this film, Chaplin dresses as a woman to fool Edna's father. It was the third and last time Chaplin played the role of a woman on film. He played a woman in two Keystone films: The Masquerader and A Busy Day.
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The Essanay films of Charlie Chaplin |
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His New Job (1915) • A Night Out (1915) The Champion (1915) • In The Park (1915) A Jitney Elopement (1915) • The Tramp (1915) By The Sea (1915) • His Regeneration (1915) Work (1915) A Woman (1915) The Bank (1915) Shanghaied (1915) • A Night in the Show (1915) Burlesque on Carmen (1915) Police (1916) Triple Trouble (1918) |