A Night Out
A Night Out is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy short. It was Chaplin’s first film with Edna Purviance, who would continue as his leading lady for the following eight years. It was also Chaplin’s first film with Essanay Film Company in Niles, California. Chaplin’s first Essanay film, His New Job, was made in the Chicago studio, after which he moved to Niles Studios. He found Purviance in San Francisco when he was searching for leading lady for his films. A Night Out also stars Ben Turpin, Leo White and Bud Jamison.
The New Janitor
The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company. He is caught in the act of raiding the vault by the bank secretary (Durfee) who rings the downstairs for help. Chaplin comes to the rescue only to be misjudged by the Chief Banker as the thief. The Secretary fingers the manager and Charlie receives a just reward and a handshake for foiling the robbery.
The Rounders
The Rounders is a 1914 comedy short starring Charles Chaplin and Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle. The film involves two drunks fighting with their wives who then go out to get even drunker, and was written and directed by Charles Chaplin.
Laffing Gas
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can’t stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club. Charlie is then sent to the drug store by the dentist, gets in a fight with a man who receives a brick in the face, thus becoming another dental patient. He also pulls the skirt off of the dentist’s wife while she is outside walking. At one point Charlie pulls the wrong tooth from an unfortunate patient, using over sized pliers.