# Charlie Chaplin's "The Floorwalker"

The Floorwalker (1916) was Charlie Chaplin's first Mutual Film Company film. It starred Chaplin as a customer in a department store who finds out the manager is stealing money from the store. It was noted for the first 'running staircase' used in films. Edna Purviance played a minor role as a secretary to the store manager, played by Eric Campbell.

- Kind: Short
- Year: 1916
- Runtime: 19 min
- By: Charlie Chaplin / Mutual Film Company
- Genres: Comedy, Silent
- Archive: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charlie_Chaplin%27s_%22The_Floorwalker%22.webm)
- Licence or status: Public domain (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Charlie Chaplin / Mutual Film Company
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/commons/63455744?play=1)