A Day's Pleasure
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Theatrical poster to A Day's Pleasure
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| Directed by | Charles Chaplin |
| Produced by | Charles Chaplin |
| Written by | Charles Chaplin |
| Starring | Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Marion Feducha Bob Kelly Jackie Coogan Tom Wilson Babe London Henry Bergman Loyal Underwood |
| Music by | Charles Chaplin (in 1959 re-release as part of The Chaplin Revue) |
| Cinematography | Roland Totheroh |
| Edited by | Charles Chaplin (uncredited) |
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| Distributed by | First National Pictures Inc. |
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25 min. / 18 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent film English (Original intertitles) |
A Day's Pleasure (1919) is Charlie Chaplin's fourth film for First National Films. It was created at the Chaplin Studio. It was a quickly made two-reeler to help fill a gap while working on his first feature The Kid. It is about a day outing with his wife and the kids and things don't go smoothly. Edna Purviance plays Chaplin's wife and Jackie Coogan one of the kids. The first scene shows the Chaplin Studio corner office in the background while Chaplin tries to get his car started.
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Reception[edit]
A Day's Pleasure is almost universally regarded as Chaplin's least impressive First National film. Even contemporary critics were muted in their enthusiasm, as evidenced by this mixed review from the December 8, 1919 New York Times:
"Charlie Chaplin is screamingly funny in his latest picture, A Day's Pleasure, at the Strand, when he tries in vain to solve the mysteries of a collapsible deck chair. He is also funny in many little bits of pantomime and burlesque, in which he is inimitable. But most of the time he depends for comedy upon seasickness, a Ford car, and biff-bang slap-stick, with which he is little, if any, funnier than many other screen comedians."[1]
Cast[edit]
- Charles Chaplin - Father
- Edna Purviance - Mother
- Marion Feducha - Small Boy (uncredited)
- Bob Kelly - Small Boy (uncredited)
- Jackie Coogan - Smallest Boy (uncredited)
- Tom Wilson - Large Husband (uncredited)
- Babe London - His Seasick Wife (uncredited)
- Henry Bergman - Captain, Man in Car and Heavy Policeman (uncredited)
- Loyal Underwood - Angry Little Man in Street (uncredited)
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External links[edit]
- The short film A Day's Pleasure is available for free download at the Internet Archive
- A Day's Pleasure on YouTube
- A Day's Pleasure at the Internet Movie Database
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