Gentlemen of Nerve

1914 Comedy 16 minutes Directed by Charlie Chaplin

About Gentlemen of Nerve

Mabel and her beau go to an auto race. Charlie and Chester Conklin join them. Conklin tries to crawl in through a hole in the fence and sticks. A policeman arrives.

Cast & crew

More about Gentlemen of Nerve

Chaplin wrote and directed. Mack Sennett produced. Mutual distributed it. Frank D. Williams photographed. Released October 29, 1914. Mabel Normand, Chester Conklin, Mack Swain, Phyllis Allen, and Edgar Kennedy are billed.

Themes

Look

Frank D. Williams shot the fence and the track.

Preservation

A print survives.

Notes

  • The race is the setting. The gag is getting in without a ticket.
  • Swain and Kennedy are the authority figures at the fence.
  • A copy is on the Internet Archive as CC_1914_10_29_CharlottMabelAuxCourses.
  • Charley Chase is also billed.

Scenes

  • Conklin wedges himself in the hole as the policeman walks up.

Also available

  • Internet Archive (CC_1914_10_29_CharlottMabelAuxCourses)