A man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.A man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.A man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.
Billy Armstrong
- Father's Friend
- (uncredited)
Marta Golden
- Her Mother
- (uncredited)
Charles Inslee
- Her Father
- (uncredited)
Edna Purviance
- Daughter of the House
- (uncredited)
Margie Reiger
- Father's Lady Friend
- (uncredited)
Jess Robbins
- Soda Vendor
- (uncredited)
Leo White
- Idler in the Park
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Writer
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the last time Chaplin appears on screen without a mustache (because he is in drag), until Limelight (1952).
- ConnectionsEdited into Chase Me Charlie (1918)
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"Your wife will never know what I know"
The Essanay short pictures were for the most part a period of development and experimentation for Charlie Chaplin, but every now and then he just liked to do a bit of old fashioned mucking about. A Woman, his ninth film at this studio, begins with a mischievous, Keystone-ish farce-in-the-park, followed by a sequence based around one simple but very memorable gimmick.
In spite of its basic outline, A Woman does show the advances Chaplin had made and the professionalism with which he now crafted his pictures. He sets up the location and the main characters in a couple of economic introductory shots before having his tramp character invade the scene. Charlie himself then appears in the distance, his now-familiar silhouette all that is needed to announce that the mayhem can now begin. Throughout, Chaplin uses a lot of close-ups of faces, something he was doing a fair bit around this time, which perhaps shows a lack of confidence in the impact his gags had in full body shot. Here however I feel all these close-ups act as a build up to that startling (and I must say absolutely gorgeous) shot of "Nora's" feminised face.
Because of the set-up, we see the tramp at his cheekiest, perhaps a step back for the character, but an enjoyable step back. A Woman lacks the pathos and commentary of the more story-orientated Chaplin shorts that were starting to appear around this time, but it shows how much fun and funniness Charlie could create out of the simplest of elements.
which brings us to that all-important statistic –
Number of kicks up the arse: 3 (1 for, 2 against)
In spite of its basic outline, A Woman does show the advances Chaplin had made and the professionalism with which he now crafted his pictures. He sets up the location and the main characters in a couple of economic introductory shots before having his tramp character invade the scene. Charlie himself then appears in the distance, his now-familiar silhouette all that is needed to announce that the mayhem can now begin. Throughout, Chaplin uses a lot of close-ups of faces, something he was doing a fair bit around this time, which perhaps shows a lack of confidence in the impact his gags had in full body shot. Here however I feel all these close-ups act as a build up to that startling (and I must say absolutely gorgeous) shot of "Nora's" feminised face.
Because of the set-up, we see the tramp at his cheekiest, perhaps a step back for the character, but an enjoyable step back. A Woman lacks the pathos and commentary of the more story-orientated Chaplin shorts that were starting to appear around this time, but it shows how much fun and funniness Charlie could create out of the simplest of elements.
which brings us to that all-important statistic –
Number of kicks up the arse: 3 (1 for, 2 against)
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- Steffi_P
- Oct 31, 2009
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- Also known as
- Charlie the Perfect Lady
- Filming locations
- Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, California, USA(Eastlake Park)
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- Runtime26 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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