In the Park
About In the Park
In a park, a pickpocket works the benches and comes up empty on Charlie. Charlie has already taken the man's cigarettes and matches. Couples occupy two benches. The thief lifts a girl's handbag and loses it to Charlie's cane on the next pass. Charlie hooks sausages from a vendor. The thief grabs at the sausages while Charlie still has the bag. Edna, a nursemaid, gets the flirtation; her beau and a policeman end in the lake after Charlie kicks them in.
Cast & crew
More about In the Park
Chaplin's fourth 1915 Essanay release and his third made at the Niles studio. Jess Robbins produced. Harry Ensign photographed it. The negative is 984 feet. A restored copy runs about 15 minutes; one circulating print is 13 minutes 46 seconds. Also called Charlie in the Park and Charlie on the Spree. It reworks his 1914 Keystone Twenty Minutes of Love.
Themes
Look
Harry Ensign shot the benches, the paths, and the lake edge in Golden Gate Park.
Preservation
A restored version runs about 15 minutes.
Notes
- Edna Purviance plays the nursemaid. Leo White is the count, Bud Jamison her beau, Billy Armstrong a sausage thief.
- Cast lists disagree on whether Lloyd Bacon is the hot-dog vendor or the pickpocket, and on Leona Anderson versus Margie Reiger as the count's companion.
Scenes
- Charlie lifts the handbag with his cane while the thief is busy with the sausages.
- The beau and the policeman go into the lake.
Influenced by
- Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
