The New Janitor
About The New Janitor
Chaplin's janitor is fired after a bucket of water lands on the bank president. A manager, pressed by a bookie, opens the vault and is caught by the secretary. She rings for the janitor. Chaplin takes the gun. The president and a policeman first take him for the thief. The secretary explains, the manager is arrested, and the president pays the janitor.
Cast & crew
More about The New Janitor
Charlie Chaplin directed and wrote it. Mack Sennett produced it at Keystone. Frank D. Williams photographed it. Mutual Film distributed it. It was released on 24 September 1914 and is the 27th Chaplin comedy for the studio.
Themes
Background
A September 1914 Keystone one-reeler, Chaplin's 27th short for the company.
Making
Chaplin made it inside Sennett's Keystone unit, with the studio's usual bit players, but the gags sit inside one bank robbery instead of a string of unrelated fights.
Look
Frank D. Williams shot the office, the vault, and the window gag.
Notes
- Jess Dandy plays the bank president. John T. Dillon plays the manager. Helen Carruthers plays the secretary. Al St. John plays the elevator boy.
- The water hits the president through a window after Chaplin knocks the bucket.
- The secretary uses the janitor's call button while the manager holds a gun on her.
Scenes
- The bucket goes out the window onto the president.
- The secretary rings the janitor bell at gunpoint.
- The president hands the janitor a reward after the mix-up.
Influenced
- The Bank (1915)
Also available
- Internet Archive (silent-the-new-janitor)
