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6.2The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as The Janitor
- Jess Dandy as Bank president
- John T. Dillon as Villaoinous manager
- Al St. John as Elevator boy
- Glen Cavender as Luke Connor - Gambler
- Frank Hayes as Accountant
Themes
- black and white
- silent film
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Produced by
- Mack Sennett
- Starring
- Charlie Chaplin Jess Dandy John T. Dillon Al St. John
- Cinematography
- Frank D. Williams
- Production company
- Keystone Studios
- Distributed by
- Mutual Film
- Release date
- September 24, 1914 ( 1914-09-24 )
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- Silent , English ( intertitles )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- short film
- Genre
- silent film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Screenwriter
- Charlie Chaplin
- Cast member
- John Francis Dillon
- Producer
- Mack Sennett
- Production company
- Keystone Studios
- Cinematographer
- Frank D. Williams
- Duration
- 16
- FilmAffinity ID
- 293365
- Image
- The New Janitor-Chaplin.jpg
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- publication date
- 1914-09-24
- film editor
- Charlie Chaplin
- title
- The New Janitor
- distributed by
- Keystone Studios
- Commons category
- The New Janitor
- color
- black-and-white
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Encyclopedic overview
The New Janitor The New Janitor is a 1914 film from Keystone Studios, and is the 27th comedy to feature Charlie Chaplin. The film is arguably one of his best for the studio, and a precursor to a key Essanay Studios short, The Bank. The film also demonstrates the differences that Chaplin had with Keystone comedy in that it is a coherent whole in which the stock characters actually fill some emotional center. Chaplin brings a certain complexity to his janitor, unusual to the comedy factory of Mack Sennett. The film, which stars among Sennett's bit players Jess Dandy, Al St. John, John T. Dillon, and Helen Carruthers, is far more centered and clear in direction. Comedy mostly flows from the core of the story instead of being a by-product of it. After all this is a typical bank robbery storyline.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The New Janitor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.