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Pay Day (1922)

Pay Day poster
Directed by
Charlie Chaplin
Genre
comedy film, silent film, social comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
26 min
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 160 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Charlie Chaplin plays a construction worker who gets his pay and tries to enjoy a night out. He must dodge his boss and his wife to keep his earnings.

lightheartedslapstickfast-pacedwhimsicalplayfulenergeticcomedicrelatable

What happens

Pay Day (1922) is an American short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in the film. It is Chaplin's final two-reel short film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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