A Day's Pleasure (1919)

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TV-G
18min
Short, Comedy
15 Dec 1919 (USA)
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A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.

Director:

Charles Chaplin

Writer:

Charles Chaplin

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Still of Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in A Day's Pleasure (1919)

Still of Charles Chaplin and Henry Bergman (I) in A Day's Pleasure (1919)

Still of Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan and Edna Purviance in A Day's Pleasure (1919)

Still of Charles Chaplin and Tom Wood (I) in A Day's Pleasure (1919)

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	Charles Chaplin	...	Father (as Charlie Chaplin)
	Edna Purviance	...	Mother
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	C. Allen	...	Jazz Musician (uncredited)
	Naomi Bailey	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Sallie Barr	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Henry Bergman	...	Captain / Man in Car / Heavy Policeman (uncredited)
	True Boardman	...	Man on Boat (uncredited)
	James Bryson	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Jackie Coogan	...	Smallest Boy (uncredited)
	Dixie Doll	...	Girl on Boat (uncredited)
	Charles S. Drew	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Elmer Ellsworth	...	Man in Street Scene (uncredited)
	Marion Feducha	...	Small Boy (uncredited)
	Leroy Finnegan	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Mrs. Fowler	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Warren Gilbert	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	J.A. Irvin	...	Jazz Musician (uncredited)
	Bob Kelly	...	Small Boy (uncredited)
	Toraichi Kono	...	Chauffeur in Street Scene (uncredited)
	Raymond Lee	...	Man on Boat (uncredited)
	Babe London	...	Large Husband's Seasick Wife (uncredited)
	Nancy Mix	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Louise Muma	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Dorothy Oliver	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Granville Redmond	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Alfred Reeves	...	Man in Street Scene (uncredited)
	Charles Reisner	...	Man in Street Scene (uncredited)
	Jean Riley	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Mrs. Roos	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Sylvia Sarto	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	Elsie Sindora	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	E. Sorral	...	Jazz Musician (uncredited)
	Arthur Thalasso	...	Man in Street Scene (uncredited)
	Loyal Underwood	...	Angry Little Man in Street (uncredited)
	Jessalyn Van Trump	...	Woman in Street (uncredited)
	John Williams	...	Jazz Musician (uncredited)
	Tom Wilson	...	Large Husband on Boat (uncredited)
	Tom Wood	...	Man Used as Gangplank (uncredited)
	Elsie Young	...	Boat Passenger (uncredited)
	K. Zimmerman	...	Man on Boat (uncredited)

Directed by

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Charles Chaplin

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(as Charlie Chaplin)

Written by

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Charles Chaplin

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(written by) (as Charlie Chaplin)

Produced by

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Charles Chaplin

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producer (as Charlie Chaplin)

Music by

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Charles Chaplin

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(1973) (as Charlie Chaplin)

Cinematography by

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Roland Totheroh

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(uncredited)

Editing by

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Charles Chaplin

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(uncredited)

Production Design by

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Charles D. Hall

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(uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Charles Reisner

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assistant director (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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H. Wenger	...	camera operator (uncredited)
Jack Wilson	...	second camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Mother Vinot

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seamstress (uncredited)

Music Department

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Eric Jones	...	music associate (1973)
Eric Rogers	...	conductor (1973) / orchestrator (1973)

Transportation Department

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Toraichi Kono

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driver: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Nellie Bly Baker	...	secretary: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)
Elsie Codd	...	unit publicist (uncredited)
Tom Harrington	...	assistant: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)

Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies

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First National Pictures

Distributors

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First National Exhibitors' Circuit (1919) (United States) (theatrical)
Associated First National Pictures (1922) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
Pathé Consortium Cinéma (1922) (France) (theatrical)
Royal Film (1929) (Finland) (theatrical)
Exclusivas Arajol (1952) (Spain) (theatrical) (re-release)
Tusisa Films (1972) (Spain) (theatrical) (re-release)
Yleisradio (YLE) (1982) (Finland) (tv)
Madacy Entertainment (1999) (United States) (DVD)
Image Entertainment (2000) (United States) (DVD)
Koch Vision (2000) (United States) (DVD)
MK2 Diffusion (2001) (World-wide)
Reel Media International (2004) (United States) (VHS)
Warner Home Video (2004) (United States) (DVD)
Reel Media International (2007) (United States)
Alpha Video Distributors (2018) (United States) (DVD)
Western Import Company (1920) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
Channel 5 Television (1986) (United Kingdom) (video)
Fox Video (1992) (United Kingdom) (VHS)
Playhouse Video (1985) (United States) (VHS)
PolyGram Video (West Germany) (VHS)
The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)

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Roy Export Company Establishment (music copyright by: 1973)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	Father takes his family for a drive in their falling-apart Model T Ford, gets in trouble in traffic, and spends the day on an excursion boat. As the boat is about to leave, he rushes ashore for cigarettes. As he returns the boat is leaving, but a fat lady has fallen forward with feet on the dock and hands on the deck so he is able rush aboard across her back. Written by Ed Stephan Plot Summary Plot Synopsis
Plot Keywords	kicked-in-the-butt kicking-someone limb-of-one-person-appears-to-be-the-limb-of-another dancing directed-by-star See All (23) »
Taglines	His Own fourth Million Dollar Comedy See more »
Genres	Short Comedy
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Certification	Argentina:Atp Canada:G (Ontario) Germany:0 United Kingdom:U United States:TV-G (TV rating)

Additional Details

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Also Known As	A Ford Story (United States) Une journée de plaisir (France) Vergnügte Stunden (Germany) Charlot en - Día de placer (Spain) Un día de juerga (Spain) See more »
Runtime	18 min
Official Sites	Instagram Official Site
Country	United States
Language	None English
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	1.33 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Westrex Recording System) (re-issue) Silent
Filming Locations	Chaplin Studios - 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The house the family appears from is in reality Charles Chaplin's office. See more »
Goofs	(at around 2 mins) As Father (Charles Chaplin) struggles with the cantankerous car, a pedestrian comes into view on the far sidewalk in the background. Either realizing a film is being shot or waved off by the crew, he turns around and walks away, but he pauses to look back over his shoulder just before he walks out of sight. See more »
Movie Connections	Featured in Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003). See more »
Quotes	Title Card: Everybody's doing it. See more »

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