The Rink
About The Rink
Charlie, a waiter, wrecks a lunch shift. On his break he goes to a roller rink, skates circles around the room, and collides with a large regular, Mr. Stout. Edna is at the rink. Eric Campbell plays Stout. Charlie Chaplin plays the waiter. It is his eighth short for Mutual.
Cast & crew
More about The Rink
Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, and edited it. Roland Totheroh photographed. Mutual released it in 1916. The listed length is 24 minutes, two reels. Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, and Lloyd Bacon are billed. The skating comes from a Fred Karno sketch Chaplin had already played on tour. A copy is on the Internet Archive as CharlieChaplinsTheRink.
Themes
Look
Roland Totheroh shot the restaurant and the rink.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The restaurant shift is the first half. The rink is the second.
- Campbell is the large skater, not a cook.
- Chaplin had done comic falls on skates for Karno.
- Totheroh is the cameraman.
Scenes
- He skates figure eights and takes Campbell down with him.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CharlieChaplinsTheRink)
