The Rink

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After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.

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Charles Chaplin

A Waiter - Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer

Edna Purviance

The Girl

James T. Kelley

Her Father

Eric Campbell

Mr. Stout

Henry Bergman

Mrs. Stout

Albert Austin

Cook

Charlotte Mineau

Edna's Friend

Lloyd Bacon

Guest
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Leota Bryan

Barmaid
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Frank J. Coleman

Restaurant Manager
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John Rand

Waiter
(uncredited)

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- Charles Chaplin
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Trivia
Restoration work was carried out at Lobster Films in 2014.

The Rink (1916) has been restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and Lobster Films, from a diacetate fine grain preserved at the Library of Congress, a safety dupe positive preserved at the British Film Institute, and a nitrate print preserved at the Archives Françaises du film (CNC).

Some fragments were added from a nitrate print preserved at the British Film Institute.

Intertitles have been reconstructed according to the original Mutual Film intertitles from the same age, and documents of the Library of Congress.

The surviving elements come from two different negatives. Negative A was restored whenever possible, while negative B was used to reconstruct missing or severely damaged shots.

Goofs
As Charlie prepares to leave for lunch, his light-colored vest is visible beneath his coat. As he exits the building, his vest is now much darker, and blends in with his coat and trousers.

Quotes
A Waiter - Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer: Mum's the word!

Alternate versions
Kino International distributes a set of videos containing all the 12 Mutual short films made by Chaplin in 1915 - 1917. They are presented by David H. Shepard, who copyrighted the versions in 1984, and has a music soundtrack composed and performed by Michael D. Mortilla who copyrighted his score in 1989. The running time of this film is 24 minutes.

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Edited into The Chaplin Cavalcade (1941)

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Entertaining Slapstick

There isn't a lot of subtlety to "The Rink", but it does have some entertaining slapstick and some traces of some of Chaplin's favorite themes. The first part in the restaurant has both good moments and routine stretches, and then things liven up when everyone gets their skates on - the action combines tangled relationships with tangled limbs. Although he has his character take a good assortment of slips and falls, in so doing Chaplin also demonstrates his physical skill, and his performance anticipates his more famous roller skating scene in "Modern Times". It's probably not among his best short features, but all the same it's one that Chaplin fans will want to see.