| Pay Day | |
|---|---|
Theatrical poster to Pay Day (1922) |
|
| Directed by | Charles Chaplin |
| Written by | Charles Chaplin |
| Starring | Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Mack Swain Syd Chaplin |
| Release date(s) | April 2, 1922 |
| Running time | 28 min. |
| Country | USA |
| Language | Silent film English intertitles |
Pay Day (1922) is an American short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in the film. It is Chaplin's final two-reel short film.
Chaplin plays a laborer on a house construction site. When he gets paid, his wife wants all of the money, but he manages to keep enough of it to go out drinking. He returns home just in time to pretend he has just woken up to go to work.
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||