Pay Day

1922 · 22 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 5,042 VOTES · DIR. Charlie Chaplin

Overview

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.

Comedy1920s

Dialogue Timeline — 16 lines

00:00:01 PAY DAY
00:00:46 Hard shirking men.
00:01:08 Late.
00:02:01 "You're working by the hour -- not the ounce."
00:02:18 The foreman's daughter.
00:04:52 No lunch -- and as empty as a punctured tire.
00:05:54 A frankfurter sandwich.
00:07:12 Later.
00:07:21 Underpaid on his over-time.
00:07:44 His wife -- and first national bank.
00:09:55 That night -- solving the peace problem.
00:10:00 BACHELORS CLUB
00:11:42 "Sweet Adeline."
00:15:11 The last car.
00:15:24 "Fare, please."
00:16:32 "Where's Christen-z-zen street?"

Cast & Characters

Charles Chaplin Laborer Phyllis Allen His Wife Mack Swain Foreman Edna Purviance Foreman's Daughter Syd Chaplin Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner Albert Austin Workman John Rand Workman Loyal Underwood Workman Henry Bergman Drinking Companion Al Ernest Garcia Drinking Companion and Policeman

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed16
Dialogue density0.7 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:16:32

Production Record

DirectorCharlie Chaplin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,042