The Bank (1915 film)

The Bank
Theatrical poster to 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
Edited by	Charlie Chaplin
Distributed by	Essanay Studios General Film Company
Release dates	August 9, 1915 (1915-08-09)
Running time	33 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English (original intertitles)

The Bank

The Bank was Charlie Chaplin's tenth film for Essanay Films.

Released in 1915, it is a departure from the tramp character, as Charlie Chaplin plays a janitor at a bank. Edna Purviance plays the secretary on whom Charlie has a crush and dreams that she has fallen in love with him. Filmed at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. Silent. There doesn't appear to be any evidence that this film was received any differently from the bulk of Chaplin's early work, but today this film is often considered one of his most fascinating efforts.

Screenshot from the film

Cast

Charles Chaplin - Charlie, a Janitor
Edna Purviance - Edna, a Secretary
Carl Stockdale - Charles, a Cashier
Charles Inslee - Charles, a Cashier
Leo White - Clerk
Billy Armstrong - Another Janitor
Fred Goodwins - Bald Cashier/Bank Robber with Derby
John Rand - Bank Robber and salesman
Lloyd Bacon - Bank Robber
Frank J. Coleman - Bank Robber
Paddy McGuire - Cashier in White Coat
Wesley Ruggles - Bank Customer
Carrie Clark Ward - Bank Customer
Lawrence A. Bowes - Bond Salesman

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Bank (1915 film).

The Bank at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Charlie Chaplin

Keystone Studios (1914)	Twenty Minutes of Love Caught in the Rain A Busy Day Her Friend the Bandit Mabel's Married Life Laughing Gas The Face on the Bar Room Floor Recreation The Masquerader His New Profession The Rounders The Property Man The New Janitor Those Love Pangs Dough and Dynamite Gentlemen of Nerve His Musical Career His Trysting Place Getting Acquainted His Prehistoric Past

Essanay Studios (1915)	His New Job A Night Out The Champion In the Park A Jitney Elopement The Tramp By the Sea His Regeneration Work A Woman The Bank Shanghaied A Night in the Show A Burlesque on Carmen Police Triple Trouble

Mutual Film Corp (1916–17)	The Floorwalker The Fireman The Vagabond One A.M. The Count The Pawnshop Behind the Screen The Rink Easy Street The Cure The Immigrant The Adventurer

First National (1918–23)	A Dog's Life The Bond Shoulder Arms Sunnyside A Day's Pleasure The Professor The Kid The Idle Class Pay Day The Pilgrim

United Artists (1923–52)	A Woman of Paris The Gold Rush The Circus City Lights Modern Times The Great Dictator Monsieur Verdoux Limelight

Later productions	A King in New York A Countess from Hong Kong

See also	The Chaplin Revue The Freak

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