Work
1915 · 28 MIN · IMDB 6.2 · 1,875 VOTES · DIR. Charlie Chaplin
Overview
Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
Dialogue Timeline — 12 lines
00:00:02 WORK
00:00:09 The Ford family lived in two-passenger form-fitting home...
00:00:13 at the corner of Easy Street and Hardluck Avenue.
00:00:33 "Hurry my breakfast!"
00:02:22 "Take the short cut."
00:05:27 He drops his acquaintances.
00:08:52 "Oh! My silver!"
00:12:52 "Quit stalling."
00:14:17 The hypocrite.
00:22:38 A sad story.
00:24:15 The secret lover.
00:25:12 "He's one of the workmen."
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed12
Dialogue density0.4 lines / min
First line00:00:02
Final line00:25:12
Production Record
DirectorCharlie Chaplin
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,875