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The Fireman (1916)

The Fireman poster
Directed by
Charlie Chaplin
Genre
comedy film, silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
24 min
Rated
15
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 112 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Charlie Chaplin plays a fireman who gets into a series of silly mishaps at the firehouse. He tries to impress a young woman by rescuing her father from a burning building.

slapstickcomedicfast-pacedlightheartedwhimsicalphysicalplayfulold-fashioned

What happens

The Fireman is a 1916 film and the second one Charlie Chaplin distributed by the Mutual Film Corporation. Released on June 12, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd Bacon. The film is viewable free of charge on YouTube. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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