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The Pawnshop
Also known as Charlot chez l’usurier in France : {The Pawn Shop}
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin [the pawnbroker’s assistant], Henry Bergman [the pawnbroker], Edna Purviance [his daughter], John Rand [the other pawnbroker’s assistant], Albert Austin [the customer with a clock], Wesley Ruggles, Eric Campbell, James T. Kelley, Frank J. Coleman
Lone Star Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Mutual Chaplin Specials]. / Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh and William C. Foster. / Released 2 October 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in the Lone Star Studio in Hollywood. Chaplin’s sixth film in his 12 film Mutual contract. The film was rereleased in the USA by Chaplin Classics, Incorporated, circa 1922.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Ken Winokur (Paul Killiam collection) [35mm nitrate positive (M121777)]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Clocks - Fights - Jews - Kitchens - Pawnbrokers - Pawn shops - Safes - Tools: Hammers, Ladders
Listing updated: 5 December 2024.
References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 81, 120-122, 294, 295, 321; Bohn-Light pp. xix, 70; FilmYearBook-1923 p. 198; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 40, 41, 50c, 84, 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 88, 92, 93, 95, 100; Lahue-World p. 67; Poague-Capra p. 34; Sinyard-Silent pp. 101, 102, 103; Skretvedt-Magic p. 301.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
Streaming: Amazon.
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