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Charlie, a blundering janitor in an office building, drops a pail of water on the boss below in the street. Fired, he answers the stenographer's ring in time to capture a clerk who is robbing the safe. The boss rewards him with a roll of money which Charlie counts to one side before thanking him.
THOSE LOVE PANGS
Released by Keystone, October 10, 1914. (1 reel)
Written and directed by Charles Chaplin. With Chester Conklin, Cecile Arnold, two unknown girls. (Also known as The Rival Mashers and Busted Hearts.) Charlie and Chester are rivals for the favor of their landlady and some girls in the park, the unresponsive Chester usually winning while Charlie "swoons" from unrequited love. It ends with a roughhouse in a movie theatre.
DOUGH AND DYNAMITE
Released by Keystone, October 26, 1 91 4. (2 reels)
Written and directed by Charles Chaplin. With Chester Conklin, Fritz Schade, Phyllis Allen, Charley Chase, Slim Summerville, Wallace MacDonald, Vivian Edwards, Norma Nichols, Cecile Arnold. (Also known as The Doughnut Designer and The Cook. Reissued in 1923 with new, rather tasteless titles by Sid Chaplin.)
Typical Keystone slapstick, beginning a new series of longer and more elaborate Chaplin comedies.
Charlie works in a combination bakery and restaurant. There are gooey fights between him and Chester. The picture ends in an explosion when strikers place dynamite in a loaf of bread.
GENTLEMEN OF NERVE
Released by Keystone, October 29, 1914. (1 reel)
Written and directed by Charles Chaplin. With Chaplin (as Mr. Wow-Wow), Mabel Normand (Mabel), Chester Conklin (Walrus), Mack Swain (Ambrose), Phyllis Allen, Charley Chase, Slim Summerville. (Also known as Some Nerve.)
Chester takes Mabel to the auto races. Charlie and Mack, without sufficient funds, sneak in through a hole in the fence, the latter getting stuck. After Mabel quarrels with Chester, she sits by Charlie. The suspicious policeman arrests Chester and Mack, leads them out as Charlie and Mabel laugh. Outstanding scene: Charlie sipping soda through a straw in the bottle a girl is holding, casually looking up at the sky and drumming his fingers whenever she turns around.
HIS MUSICAL CAREER
Released by Keystone, November y, 1914. (1 reel)
Written and directed by Charles Chaplin. With Mack Swain, Alice Howell. (Also known as The Piano Movers and Musical Tramps.)
Charlie and Mack are piano movers. Told to deliver a piano to