The Pawnshop
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The Pawnshop | |
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Directed by | Charles Chaplin Edward Brewer (technical director) |
Produced by | Henry P. Caulfield |
Written by | Charles Chaplin (scenario) Vincent Bryan (scenario) Maverick Terrell (scenario) |
Starring | Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Henry Bergman |
Cinematography | William C. Foster Roland H. Totheroh |
Editing by | Charles Chaplin |
Distributed by | Mutual Film Corporation |
Release date(s) | October 2, 1916 |
Running time | 32 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent |
IMDb profile |
The Pawnshop was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Mutual Film Company. Chaplin played the role of assistant to the pawnshop owner. Henry Bergman played the owner and Edna Purviance the owner's daughter. Albert Austin played an alarm clock owner who watches Charlie in dismay as he checks out the clock. This was one of Chaplin's more popular Mutual Films, mainly for the slapstick comedy he was famous for at the time.
[edit] Primary cast
- Charles Chaplin : Pawnshop assistant
- Henry Bergman : Pawnbroker
- Edna Purviance : His daughter
- John Rand : Pawnshop assistant
- Albert Austin : Client with clock
- Wesley Ruggles : Client with ring
- Eric Campbell : Burglar