Recreation
About Recreation
Charlie flirts with a woman on a bench. Her sailor boyfriend objects. The two men throw bricks. Two policemen join in. All five end in the pond.
Cast & crew
More about Recreation
Chaplin wrote and directed. Mack Sennett produced. Mutual released it on August 13, 1914. Frank D. Williams photographed. It is half a reel. A travel short, The Yosemite, filled the other half. Chaplin is the only player given a screen credit. Charles Bennett plays the sailor. Helen Carruthers plays the woman.
Themes
Look
Frank D. Williams shot the bench, the bricks, and the pond.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The brick fight pulls in two policemen before anyone hits the water.
- Edwin Frazee and Edward Nolan are billed with Bennett and Carruthers.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as CC_1914_08_13_CharliesRecreation.
- The Yosemite is a separate picture on the same reel, not a scene in this one.
Scenes
- Bricks fly between Charlie, the sailor, and the two policemen.
- All five come down in the pond.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CC_1914_08_13_CharliesRecreation)
