The Star Boarder
About The Star Boarder
The landlady, Minta Durfee, flirts with her star boarder, Charlie. Her son, Gordon Griffith, catches them with a camera. He shows the pictures in a magic-lantern show.
Cast & crew
More about The Star Boarder
George Nichols directed. Chaplin wrote it. Mack Sennett produced. Frank D. Williams photographed. Keystone released it on April 4, 1914. A 1918 American reissue is called The Landlady's Pet. Edgar Kennedy and Alice Davenport are billed.
Themes
Look
Frank D. Williams shot the boarding house and the lantern show.
Preservation
A print survives.
Notes
- The boy is the one who exposes them. He is not a prank in the hallway only.
- The 1918 title is The Landlady's Pet.
- A copy is on the Internet Archive as CC_1914_04_04_TheLandladysPet.
- Nichols, not Chaplin, has the direction credit.
Scenes
- The boy projects the slides of his mother and the boarder.
Also available
- Internet Archive (CC_1914_04_04_TheLandladysPet)
