The Bank

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The Bank
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Produced by Jess Robbins
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Starring Charles Chaplin
Charles Inslee
Carl Stockdale
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) August 9, 1915
Running time 33 minutes
Country Flag of United States United States
Language Silent
English (original titles)
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The Bank was Charlie Chaplin's tenth film for Essanay Films.

Released in 1915, it was a departure of the tramp character, as Charlie Chaplin plays a janitor at a bank. Edna Purviance plays the secretary Charlie has a crush on and dreams that she has fallen in love with him. Filmed at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. Silent.


The Essanay films of Charlie Chaplin

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)

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