Charlie Chaplin's "A Busy Day"

1914

Charlie Chaplin, Silents

Charlie Chaplin's 14th Film Released May 07 1914 Chaplin plays a wife jealous of her husband's interest in another woman, played by Phyllis Allen. On her way to attack the couple, the wife interrupts the set of a film, knocking over a film director, played by Mack Sennett, and a policeman, played by Billy Gilbert http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0003733/

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A Busy Day is a 1914 short film starring Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain.

Plot

In A Busy Day, a wife (played by an energetic Charlie Chaplin) becomes jealous of her husband's interest in another woman during a military parade. On her way to attack the couple, the wife interrupts the set of a film, knocking over a film director and a police officer. Finally, the husband pushes the wife off of a pier and she falls into the harbor.
The film contains a judicious amount of kicking and slapping.

Cast

Charles Chaplin as Wife
Mack Swain as Husband
Phyllis Allen as The Other Woman
Mack Sennett as Film director
Billy Gilbert (silent film actor) as Police officer

Category:1914 films
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Charlie Chaplin
Category:1910s comedy films
Category:American silent short films
Category:American comedy films
Category:Keystone Studios films
Category:Films produced by Mack Sennett
Category:1910s short films