Charlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). He loves the neighbor's daughter Edna but is disliked by her father....
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Cast verified as complete
| Charles Chaplin | ... |
Farm Handyman
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| Edna Purviance | ... |
Village Belle
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| Olive Ann Alcorn | ... |
Nymph (uncredited)
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| Albert Austin | ... |
Slicker (uncredited)
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| Henry Bergman | ... |
Villager and Edna's Father (uncredited)
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| Alva D. Blake | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Olive Burton | ... |
Nymph (uncredited)
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Willie Mae Carson | ... |
Nymph (uncredited)
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George Cole | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Tom Harrington | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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N.E. Hendrix | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Lulu Jenks | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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J. Parks Jones | ... |
Fat Man (uncredited)
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David Kohn | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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Helen Kohn | ... |
Nymph (uncredited)
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Granville Redmond | ... |
Small Role (uncredited)
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| Tom Terriss | ... |
Young Man from the City (uncredited)
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| Loyal Underwood | ... |
Fat Boy's Father (uncredited)
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| Tom Wilson | ... |
Boss (uncredited)
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Tom Wood | ... |
Fat Boy (uncredited)
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Directed by
| Charles Chaplin | ... | (as Charlie Chaplin) |
Written by
| Charles Chaplin | ... | (written by) (as Charlie Chaplin) |
Produced by
| Charles Chaplin | ... | producer |
Cinematography by
| Roland Totheroh | ... | (uncredited) |
Editing by
| Charles Chaplin | ... | (uncredited) |
Production Design by
| Charles D. Hall | ... | (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Charles Reisner | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
| Jack Wilson | ... | second camera operator (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
| Mother Vinot | ... | seamstress (uncredited) |
Music Department
| Charles Chaplin | ... | music composer (1974) (as Charlie Chaplin) |
| Eric James | ... | music associate (1974) |
| Eric Rogers | ... | conductor (1974) / orchestrator (1974) |
Transportation Department
| Toraichi Kono | ... | driver: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
| Nellie Bly Baker | ... | secretary: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited) |
| Elsie Codd | ... | unit publicist (uncredited) |
| Tom Harrington | ... | assistant: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited) |
Production Companies
Distributors
- First National Exhibitors' Circuit (1919) (United States) (theatrical)
- Associated First National Pictures (1922) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release)
- Royal Film (1929) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Adams Filmi (1976) (Finland) (theatrical)
- Key Video (1989) (United States) (VHS) (For CBS/Fox Video double-billed with "A Woman of Paris")
- Fox Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- Madacy Entertainment Group (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Madacy Entertainment (1997) (United States) (VHS)
- Madacy Entertainment Group (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) (World-wide)
- Alpha Video Distributors (2018) (United States) (DVD)
- Internet Archive (2024) (World-wide) (video) (streaming)
- The Criterion Channel (2019) (United States) (tv) (digital)
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Storyline
| Plot Summary |
Charlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). He loves the neighbor's daughter Edna but is disliked by her father. He rides a cow into a stream and is kicked off. Unconscious, he dreams of a nymph dance. Back in reality a city slicker is hurt in a car crash and is being cared for by Edna. When Charlie is rejected after attempting to imitate the slicker, the result is ambiguous--either tragic or a happy ending. Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream.
Written by Ed Stephan |
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| Taglines | A revelation of farm life as it should be. (Print Ad-Greenfield Recorder, ((Greenfield, Mass.)) 19 May 1921) See more » |
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| Parents Guide | View content advisory » |
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Did You Know?
| Trivia | In his autobiography, Charles Chaplin described the making of this film as "like pulling teeth" due to the mental block he suffered as a result of his unhappy marriage to Mildred Harris. See more » |
| Goofs | In the first scene, the Farm Handyman's (Charles Chaplin) boss gets up, puts his right shoe on, kicks sleeping Charlie awake, then goes back to bed. He gets up again to throw his other shoe at sleeping Charlie. The third time he gets up, he has both shoes on, even though he never retrieved the shoe he threw. See more » |
| Movie Connections | Featured in Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003). See more » |
| Soundtracks | When Other Lips See more » |
| Quotes |
Boss:
That boy not up yet and the whole forenoon gone. See more » |