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A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
Charles Chaplin
- Father
- (as Charlie Chaplin)
C. Allen
- Jazz Musician
- (uncredited)
Naomi Bailey
- Boat Passenger
- (uncredited)
Sallie Barr
- Boat Passenger
- (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
- Captain
- (uncredited)
- …
True Boardman
- Man on Boat
- (uncredited)
James Bryson
- Boat Passenger
- (uncredited)
Jackie Coogan
- Smallest Boy
- (uncredited)
Dixie Doll
- Girl on Boat
- (uncredited)
Charles S. Drew
- Boat Passenger
- (uncredited)
Elmer Ellsworth
- Man in Street Scene
- (uncredited)
Marion Feducha
- Small Boy
- (uncredited)
Leroy Finnegan
- Boat Passenger
- (uncredited)
Mrs. Fowler
- Boat Passenger
- (uncredited)
Warren Gilbert
- Boat Passenger
- (uncredited)
J.A. Irvin
- Jazz Musician
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
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Did you know
- TriviaThe house the family appears from is in reality Charles Chaplin's office.
- Goofs(at around 2 mins) As Father (Charles Chaplin) struggles with the cantankerous car, a pedestrian comes into view on the far sidewalk in the background. Either realizing a film is being shot or waved off by the crew, he turns around and walks away, but he pauses to look back over his shoulder just before he walks out of sight.
- Quotes
Title Card: Everybody's doing it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
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Enjoyable Enough But Nothing Great
Charlie Chaplin plays a father who tries to have a nice day out with his family but he encounters one problem after another. First he can't get his Model T started, then misadventures on a boat, and finally traffic headaches on the way home. It's amusing enough but not one of Chaplin's best. It's probably one of the most generic shorts I've seen from him. There's the added bonus of seeing the locations, automobiles, clothing, etc. of the time. I really get a kick out of stuff like that in older films. Particularly silent ones before the Hollywood glamour machine really took over. It's a little slice of a time and place in history. Also, Jackie Coogan plays one of Chaplin's kids. This was his second film.
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- utgard14
- Aug 14, 2014
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- A Ford Story
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- Runtime20 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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