The Pawnshop
About The Pawnshop
Chaplin is the pawnbroker's assistant. He fights the other clerk, flirts with the owner's daughter, and takes an alarm clock apart piece by piece for a customer who only wanted a valuation. Eric Campbell comes in to rob the shop.
Cast & crew
More about The Pawnshop
Chaplin's sixth short for Mutual. He wrote and directed it and plays the assistant. Henry Bergman is the pawnbroker, Edna Purviance his daughter, Albert Austin the man with the clock, Eric Campbell the robber. Roland Totheroh photographed it. Released October 2, 1916.
Themes
Look
Roland Totheroh photographed it.
Preservation
The short is in the public domain. Internet Archive holds CC_1916_10_02_ThePawnshop, and Wikimedia Commons holds The Pawnshop (1916) by Charlie Chaplin.webm.
Notes
- Sixth of the twelve Mutual shorts.
- The clock routine is the set piece: Chaplin opens the clock as if it were a patient, then hands back a pile of parts.
Scenes
- Chaplin guts the alarm clock on the counter while Albert Austin watches.
- Eric Campbell tries to rob the shop.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CC_1916_10_02_ThePawnshop)
- Wikimedia Commons (The Pawnshop (1916) by Charlie Chaplin.webm)
