His Musical Career
About His Musical Career
Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain are sent to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect Street and to repossess one from 999 Prospect Street. They mix the addresses. The pianos will not go up the stairs or through the doors. Both jobs fail. Chaplin directed. Keystone made it. It is also called Musical Tramp.
Cast & crew
More about His Musical Career
Mack Sennett produced. Frank D. Williams photographed it. Mutual distributed the Keystone short. Wikidata times it at 16 minutes. An Internet Archive identifier, CC_1914_11_07_MusicalTramps, matches a 7 November 1914 release. Charley Chase, Fritz Schade, Frank Hayes, and Cecile Arnold are billed.
Themes
Making
The gag is one wrong address and two pianos that will not fit the stairs. Chaplin and Swain do the carrying.
Look
Frank D. Williams shot the stairs and the doorways the pianos will not enter.
Preservation
The short survives. Copies are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The two street numbers are 666 and 999.
- Swain is the partner, not a customer.
- A Commons file pairs Chaplin’s name with Sennett’s.
- Chaplin is also the editor on the Wikidata credit.
Scenes
- They take the delivery piano to the repossession address.
- The instrument sticks on the stairs and in the doorway.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CC_1914_11_07_MusicalTramps)
- Wikimedia Commons (His Musical Career 1914 CHARLIE CHAPLIN Mack Sennett.webm)
