The Count
About The Count
A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes with an iron, and the tailor fires him. The tailor later finds a note that the count cannot attend a dance, and he goes in the count's place. The apprentice is already at the house. They meet. Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell are in the party. Chaplin plays the apprentice.
Cast & crew
More about The Count
Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, and edited his fifth Mutual short. Roland Totheroh photographed it. Mutual released it on 4 September 1916. Wikidata times it at 34 minutes. Leo White, Henry Bergman, Charlotte Mineau, and Albert Austin are billed. Copies are on the Internet Archive and on Wikimedia Commons.
Themes
Look
Roland Totheroh photographed the tailor shop and the dance.
Preservation
Copies are on the Internet Archive and Wikimedia Commons.
Notes
- The burned suit is what gets the apprentice fired.
- Both the tailor and the apprentice try to be the count at the same dance.
- The Internet Archive identifier is CC_1916_09_04_TheCount.
Scenes
- The apprentice scorches the count's clothes, then turns up at the dance where the tailor is already pretending.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CC_1916_09_04_TheCount)
