Behind the screen

Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. CUY.; Photography, Roland Totheroh.; Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Lloyd Bacon, Henry Bergman.; "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.; PFA 1608-01-9330. D0247; Silent with English intertitles.; Re-issue with new title card and intertitles.; PFA 1608-01-9330. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2006/11/ 29 dupey print.