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Behind the Screen is a american film of genre Comedy directed by Charlie Chaplin released in USA on 13 november 1916 with Edna Purviance
Behind the Screen (1916)
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Add to a movie listBehind the Screen is a 1916 short silent film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and also starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance.
Synopsis
The film takes place in a movie studio. A stagehand named David (Chaplin) has a supervisor, Goliath (Campbell). Much of the film is slapstick comedy involving Chaplin manhandling large props, but other plotlines include a strike by the stagehands, and Purviance, who is unable to become an actress, dressing as a man and becoming a stagehand.Actors
Edna Purviance
(Aspiring Actress)
Eric Campbell
(Goliath - Property Man)
Charlie Chaplin
(David - Property Man's Assistant)
Henry Bergman
(Director of Historical Film)
Lloyd Bacon
(Director of Comical Film (uncredited))
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Suggestions of similar film to Behind the Screen
There are 103 films with the same actors, 72 films with the same director, 48210 with the same cinematographic genres (including 7798 with exactly the same 2 genres than Behind the Screen), to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.If you liked Behind the Screen, you will probably like those similar films :
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, 20minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin, Albert Austin, William Gillespie, Henry Bergman
Rating75%
The film begins aboard a steamer crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and initially showcases the misadventures of an unnamed immigrant, the Tramp (Chaplin) who finds himself in assorted mischief while, among other things, playing cards, eating in a mess hall, and avoiding seasick passengers. Along the way, he befriends another unnamed immigrant (Purviance) who is traveling to America with her ailing mother. The two are robbed by a pickpocket who is losing in gambling. The Tramp, feeling sorry for the two penniless women, attempts to secretly place his winnings from his card game in the woman's pocket, but ends up being mistakenly accused of being a pickpocket. The woman manages to clear the Tramp's name. Upon arrival in America, the Tramp and the woman part company.
The Count (1916)
, 23minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman
Rating65%
The tailor's handyman (played by Chaplin) burns a count's trousers while ironing them and is fired. His superior (Campbell) discovers a note explaining the count can't attend a party, and dresses up like one to take his place.
The Fireman (1916)
, 24minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement, Disaster films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Eric Campbell, Charlotte Mineau, Leo White
Rating64%
A young girl's father (Bacon) arranges with the local fire chief (Campbell) to have his house burn down so he could collect on the insurance money.
The Floorwalker (1916)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about the labor movement
Actors Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Charlie Chaplin, Lloyd Bacon, Albert Austin, Charlotte Mineau
Rating65%
Charlot sème la zizanie dans un grand magasin. Il participe, involontairement, à l'arrestation du directeur et du chef de rayon de ce magasin, coupables de malversations multiples.
The Vagabond (1916)
, 24minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Phyllis Allen, Leo White, Lloyd Bacon
Rating67%
The story begins with Charlie, the Tramp, arriving at a bar, playing on a violin to raise money and exciting rivalry with competing musicians - which results in a bar room brawl and comic mayhem.
The Pawnshop (1916)
, 20minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Wesley Ruggles, Albert Austin
Rating69%
Chaplin plays an assistant in a pawnshop run by Bergman. He engages in a slapstick battles with his fellow pawnshop assistant, deals with eccentric customers, and flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter.
The Adventurer (1917)
, 24minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Adventure
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, Monta Bell
Rating72%
Charlot, un prisonnier, réussit à échapper à la vigilance des gardiens de la prison. Il sauve ensuite une jeune femme et sa mère de la noyade en se faisant passer pour un millionnaire, et il est ensuite invité à la réception donnée en son honneur par les parents de la jeune fille. Pourtant, l'un des invités va reconnaître en lui le bagnard évadé. Une course-poursuite s'engage alors.
The Rink (1916)
, 24minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, James T. Kelley, Albert Austin, Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman
Rating69%
After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
The Cure (1917)
, 30minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about alcoholism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs
Actors Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, John Rand, Albert Austin
Rating70%
Chaplin plays a drunkard who checks into a health spa to dry out, but brings along a big suitcase full of alcohol. Along the way he aggravates a large man suffering from gout, evades him and encounters a beautiful young woman who encourages him to stop drinking. However, when the hotel owner learns his employees are getting drunk off Charlie's liquor, he calls an employee and orders him to have the liquor thrown out the window.
Sunnyside (1919)
, 34minutesDirected by Charles Reisner, Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Tom Wilson, Olive Ann Alcorn, Henry Bergman, Tom Terriss
Rating65%
Charlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). His love interest in the village is the girl played by Edna Purviance. He loves her, but is disliked by her father. He rides a cow into a stream and is kicked off. Unconscious, he dreams of a nymph dance. Back in reality a city slicker is hurt in a car crash and is being cared for by Edna. He appears to have an eye for Edna too. Chaplin tries to win her back. When Charlie is rejected after attempting to imitate the slicker, the result is ambiguous—either tragic or a happy ending. Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream.