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Charles Chaplin (left), Jess Dandy and Charley Chase.
Frame enlargement: Silent Era image collection.
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His New Profession
Also known as The Good-for-Nothing in the USA; Charlot garde-malade in France : [Helping Himself]
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Jess Dandy [the uncle], Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) [the nephew], [?] Norma Nichols or Miss Page (Peggy Page)? [the nephew’s girl], [?] Glen Cavender? [the beggar; and a bar patron], Cecile Arnold [the laughing girl], [?] ? [her laughing beau], [?] ? [the first policeman], William Hauber [the second policeman], Vivian Edwards [the nurse], Roscoe Arbuckle [the bartender], Dan Albert [a bar patron], [?] Charles Murray? [a bar patron]
The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Frank D. Williams. / No copyright registration. Released 31 August 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: The Rolling Chair [?] Completed or shipped? on 14 August 1914. The film was reedited and rereleased in the USA as The Good-for-Nothing by W.H. Productions Company in 1918.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Bars - Bottles - Piers - Public parks - Wheelchairs
Listing updated: 28 November 2018.
References: Film viewing : Jacobs-Chaplin p. 135; Lahue-Kops p. 148; Lahue-Mack p. 296; Tarbox-Lost p. 197 : ClasIm-221 p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: DVD.
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