Behind the Screen

00:00:00 Behind The Screen was Chaplin's seventh film for Mutual.

00:00:03 It descends from two of his Keystone comedies. A Film Johnny and The Property Man

00:00:06 but at the same time burlesques the Mack Sennet school of knock-

00:00:15 BEHIND THE SCREEN

00:00:24 "Can I be an actress, please?"

00:00:43 "Goliath, the stage-hand. David, his assistant."

00:02:24 "Prepare the scene!"

00:05:28 "Loafing again?"

00:05:39 Later. The scene dressed. Finishing touches.

00:06:51 "Look! At it again!"

00:07:01 Stage-hands' lunch hour.

00:10:59 "How dare you wake us up? We strike!"

00:11:10 "We've struck! Are you with us?"

00:12:27 "Do you need a stage-hand, sir?"

00:12:43 "When I fire this gun -- you pull the traps!"

00:16:18 "Oh! Mercy!"

00:16:23 "Boy, sew this!"

00:17:31 The dramatic department.

00:17:42 The comedy department. Rehearsing a new idea.

00:18:57 "I don't like this high-brow stuff!"

00:19:01 The strikers plan revenge.

00:19:04 GIANT POWDER DYNAMITE

00:19:26 "Can you act?"

00:20:00 "He ducks and you get it!"