# Work (1915) Directed By Charlie Chaplin

Work Still of Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance for the film. Directed by Charlie Chaplin Written by Charlie Chaplin Produced by Jess Robbins Starring Charlie Chaplin Charles Inslee Billy Armstrong Edna Purviance Leo White Cinematography Harry Ensign Edited by Charlie Chaplin Music by Robert Israel (Kino video release) Distributed by Essanay Studios General Film Company Release date June 21, 1915 Running time 33 minutes Country United States Languages Silent film English (original intertitles) Work is a 1915 American silent film starring Charlie Chaplin (his eighth film for Essanay Films ), and co-starring Edna Purviance , Marta Golden and Charles Inslee . It was filmed at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles . It is one of the first movies to appreciate the slapstick potential of a painting and decorating scenario. Plot Charlie is an assistant to Izzy A. Wake, a painter and wallpaper hanger. The two men are on their way to a job carrying their ladders and materials on a cart. The boss rides in the cart, leisurely sitting in front of all their paraphernalia, while Charlie is hitched to the cart like a mule. The boss also treats Charlie like a mule, beating him with a stick to get him to move faster. When the boss opts to take a shortcut up a steep hill, the out-of-control cart descends and is nearly hit by an oncoming streetcar. A second attempt to scale the enormous hill is successful. A further delay is caused by Charlie falling down a manhole. At the destination house,…

- Kind: Feature
- Year: 1915
- By: Charlie Chaplin
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/work-1915-directed-by-charlie-chaplin)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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