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Funny! Off course this is not one of Charlie Chaplin's best films, as none of his short films for Keystone Studios (1914) or Essanay Studios (1915) is, but it is nice, possibly his best from 1914. There are two elements extremely interesting here: 1) First of all, Chaplin portrays ans actor that is a tramp-like version of himself (a lot of slapstick in spite of having his real appearance), without mustache, and the little tramp is a character played by that actor! 2) Besides that, it is impressive to see Chaplin disguised as a woman in order to charm the director. In addition, it is worth mentioning that some minutes from the film show a scene in which Chaplin acts together with comedian Fatty Arbuckle. They have been together other times (like in "The Knockout", which is much worse than "The Masquerader"), but here the partnership has a better outcome than in other situations, although not an exceptional one. This is the 10th film directed by Chaplin but only the 2nd written by him.
Funny! Off course this is not one of Charlie Chaplin's best films, as none of his short films for Keystone Studios (1914) or Essanay Studios (1915) is, but it is nice, possibly his best from 1914. There are two elements extremely interesting here: 1) First of all, Chaplin portrays ans actor that is a tramp-like version of himself (a lot of slapstick in spite of having his real appearance), without mustache, and the little tramp is a character played by that actor! 2) Besides that, it is impressive to see Chaplin disguised as a woman in order to charm the director. In addition, it is worth mentioning that some minutes from the film show a scene in which Chaplin acts together with comedian Fatty Arbuckle. They have been together other times (like in "The Knockout", which is much worse than "The Masquerader"), but here the partnership has a better outcome than in other situations, although not an exceptional one. This is the 10th film directed by Chaplin but only the 2nd written by him.