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The Fireman is a 1916 slapstick comedy film directed by Charlie Chaplin. Produced by the Lone Star Corporation in the United States of America, the work was released on June 12, 1916. It has a runtime of 26 minutes.
The plot follows firefighter Charlie Chaplin, who is tricked into allowing a house to burn down by an owner seeking to collect insurance money. The film holds a vote average of 6.3.
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Film · TMDB
6.3Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as Fireman
- Edna Purviance as Girl
- Lloyd Bacon as Her Father
- Eric Campbell as Foreman of the Brigade
- Leo White as Owner of Burning House
- Charlotte Mineau as Mother
Themes
- slapstick comedy
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Charlie Chaplin , Edward Brewer (technical director)
- Written by
- Charlie Chaplin (scenario), Vincent Bryan (scenario), Maverick Terrell (scenario)
- Produced by
- Henry P. Caulfield
- Starring
- Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance , Lloyd Bacon , Eric Campbell
- Cinematography
- William C. Foster , Roland Totheroh
- Edited by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Distributed by
- Mutual Film Corporation
- Release date
- June 12, 1916 ( 1916-06-12 )
- Running time
- 32 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- Silent , English intertitles
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- short film
- Genre
- silent film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Screenwriter
- Charlie Chaplin
- Cast member
- John Rand
- Producer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Production company
- Mutual Film Corporation
- Cinematographer
- Roland Totheroh
- Duration
- 24
- FilmAffinity ID
- 919056
- Image
- The Fireman (poster).jpg
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- Commons category
- The Fireman (1916 film)
- publication date
- 1916-01-01
- title
- The Fireman
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Mutual Film Corporation
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- different from
- The Fireman
- copyright status
- public domain
via Wikidata · CC0
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Encyclopedic overview
The Fireman The Fireman is a 1916 film and the second one Charlie Chaplin distributed by the Mutual Film Corporation. Released on June 12, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd Bacon.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Fireman” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.