A Night Out

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Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, and Madrona Hicks in A Night Out (1915)

After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.

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Charles Chaplin

Reveller

Ben Turpin

Fellow Reveller
(uncredited)

Charles Allen Dealey

Restaurant Manager
(uncredited)

Frank Dolan

Waiter
(uncredited)

W. Coleman Elam

Bit Role
(uncredited)

Earl Esola

Bellboy with Cigar Boxes
(uncredited)

Eddie Fries

Bit Role
(uncredited)

Fred Goodwins

Desk Clerk at Second Hotel
(uncredited)

Madrona Hicks

Veiled Woman
(uncredited)

Bud Jamison

Headwaiter
(uncredited)

Daniel P. Kelleher

Bellboy Carrying Suitcases
(uncredited)

Edna Purviance

Headwaiter's Wife
(uncredited)

Eva Sawyer

The Count's Companion
(uncredited)

Leo White

The Count
(uncredited)
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Lee Willard

Soup Slurper
(uncredited)

Fred Windemere

Cop
(uncredited)

Director
- Charles Chaplin
Writer
- Charles Chaplin
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Trivia
This was Edna Purviance's first film with Charles Chaplin.

Goofs
The hotel number for Reveller (Charlie Chaplin) and Fellow Reveller changes. When Fellow Reveller first enters the room the number on the door is clearly visible as 3. When Reveller is followed into the room by Headwaiter the room number changes to 2. It changes back to 3 when Fellow Reveller leaves the room for the final time.

Connections
Edited into The Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916 (1916)

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7/10

A fun night out

Am a big fan of Charlie Chaplin, have been for over a decade now. Many films and shorts of his are very good to masterpiece, and like many others consider him a comedy genius and one of film's most important and influential directors.

From his Essanay period after leaving Keystone, 'A Night Out' is not one of his very best or even among the best of this particular period. It shows a noticeable step up in quality though from his Keystone period, where he was still evolving and in the infancy of his long career, from 1914, The Essanay period is something of Chaplin's adolescence period where his style had been found and starting to settle. Something that can be seen in the more than worthwhile 'A Night Out'.

'A Night Out' is not one of his all-time funniest or most memorable, other efforts also have more pathos and a balance of that and the comedy. The story is still a little flimsy, there are times where it struggles to sustain the short length, and could have had more variety and less more of the same repeition.

On the other hand, 'A Night Out' looks pretty good, not incredible but it was obvious that Chaplin was taking more time with his work and not churning out countless shorts in the same year of very variable success like he did with Keystone. Appreciate the importance of his Keystone period and there is some good stuff he did there, but the more mature and careful quality seen here and later on is obvious.

While not one of his funniest or original, 'A Night Out' is still very entertaining with some clever, entertaining and well-timed slapstick. It moves quickly and there is no dullness in sight.

Chaplin directs more than competently, if not quite cinematic genius standard yet. He also, as usual, gives an amusing and expressive performance and at clear ease with the physicality of the role. The supporting cast acquit themselves well, with an amusing Ben Turpin and charming Edna Purviance in her first collaboration with Chaplin.

In summation, worth watching if not to watch over and over. 7/10 Bethany Cox