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The Rink (1916)
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, James T. Kelley
Genre: Comedy, Short Film
Length: 25 minutes
"After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating."
Glad to see another Chaplin film, I haven't see many and the man is a genius! He's not only a genius at comedy but at staging his prat falls and stunts too. Good old Charlie has an innate sense of human nature, and that's when he's at his funniest...when he uses his understand of people and their habitats. Like when as a waiter, he determines the bill by finding food remnants on the customers clothing!
Loved the scenes in the old time skating ring, or rink as they called it. I didn't know skating went back that far. And boy can Charlie skate! I use go roller skating when I was young, but I couldn't do all those tricks that Charlie did.
This was based on a comedy sketch outline and then more was added to make it 25 minutes. As a result it does have some moments that aren't as brilliant as the skating scene or the inept waiter scenes. But over all an oldie and a goodie.
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The Rink (1916) 25 minutes
The Rink (1916)
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, James T. Kelley
Genre: Comedy, Short Film
Length: 25 minutes
"After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating."
Glad to see another Chaplin film, I haven't see many and the man is a genius! He's not only a genius at comedy but at staging his prat falls and stunts too. Good old Charlie has an innate sense of human nature, and that's when he's at his funniest...when he uses his understand of people and their habitats. Like when as a waiter, he determines the bill by finding food remnants on the customers clothing!
Loved the scenes in the old time skating ring, or rink as they called it. I didn't know skating went back that far. And boy can Charlie skate! I use go roller skating when I was young, but I couldn't do all those tricks that Charlie did.
This was based on a comedy sketch outline and then more was added to make it 25 minutes. As a result it does have some moments that aren't as brilliant as the skating scene or the inept waiter scenes. But over all an oldie and a goodie.
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The Rink (1916) 25 minutes