Behind the screen

Duration: 21

Year Published: 1916

Creator: Mutual, Lone Star Corporation ; written and directed by Charles Chaplin.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.; Campbell, Eric.; Purviance, Edna, 1896-1958.; Mutual Film Corporation.; Lone Star Film Corporation.; Blackhawk Films.

Description: Production date and credits taken from print.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CBPF.; Charles Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance.; Treasures from the Film Archives, FIAF International FilmArchive Database.; "Three movies are being shot simultaneously and Charlie is an overworked scene shifter. The foreman is waited on hand and foot until all the shifters but Charlie go on strike. A girl looking for work pretends to be a man and helps Charlie. Charlie discovers her gender and falls in love with her. The foreman thinks they are homosexual and in the ensuing fight they become involved in a long pie throwing scene from one of the movies in production. The frustrated workers dynamite the studio."--Internet movie database.; Silent with English intertitles.; PFA 1608-01-2778. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: February 5, 2002 good condition. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2007/08/21; Very good condition; Blackhawk print (1975); decent image quality; thin variable density track

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE