His Trysting Place (1914)

February 18, 2009 · By admin

silent w/ Chaplin. Features Charlie Chaplin as a family man who mistakenly takes someone else’s coat after a food throwing melee in a diner. Describes the complications which ensue when his wife finds a love letter in the pocket. B/W 1914Written & Directed by Chaplin. Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain,Phyllis Allen00:23:19:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin arguing with his wife throws a horseshoe to thefloor hitting his own foot, closes a door on his fingers and hashis leg caught in the door when his wife attempts to slam it shut00:24:33:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin brushes his fingernails with the clothing and shoebrush00:25:17:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin leaving home trips over the doormat - he picks itup and wipes his face with it00:25:59:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin buys a baby bottle and is teased by a black boy ashe leaves the shop - he puts the bottle in his coat pocket00:27:09:00 B/W 1914ms Mack is asked to mail a letter by a secretary - he puts itin his coat pocket00:27:30:00 B/W 1914ms Mack enters cafe for .25 cent dinner - he sits at thecounter00:27:51:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin enters the cafe doing a foot trip on the wayin…he bites piece out of doughnut of elderly man sitting at thecounter wipes his fingers on the man’s beard then picks an insectfrom the beard - the elderly man leaves in a huff00:28:35:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin sits next to Mack at the counter…Mack’s noisysoup eating causes Chaplin to put his fingers in his ears…Chaplinshakes pepper into Mack’s face causing him to sneeze into Chaplin’ssoup…Chaplin gnaws on a large bone hiding behind his coat awayfrom Mack’s sneezing…Mack reaches across Chaplin for an item onthe counter and Chaplin bites his arm…Chaplin finishes bone andthrows it into Mack’s soup…they fight…Chaplin throws his soupinto Mack’s face…everyone at the counter including the countermanget involved in the fight…Mack runs out taking Chaplin’scoat…man in top hat looks into cafe just as Chaplin throws a pieafter Mack and gets hit in the face…Chaplin takes wrong coat andleaves slipping as he walks out the door and falls taking the manin the top hat with him…he gets up and pushes the man in the facegetting his hand stuck in the pie goo00:31:16:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin’s wife squeezes lots of water on clothing sheironing then puts iron down in the puddle as she goes to the baby -it steams…Chaplin comes in and she greets him pressing the ironinto his chest…she puts the iron on a chair and Chaplin sits onit…she finds the trysting note in Mack’s coat pocket…sheconfronts Chaplin and throws a spongeful of water in his face thenhits him over the head with the ironing board00:33:38:00 B/W 1914ms Mack is comforted by his wife on a park bench - he goes forrefreshment00:34:10:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin sits on Mack’s wife’s lap then sits next to her andtells her his problems…Chaplin’s wife and baby arrive she givesbaby to policeman to hold…she confronts Chaplin and his “tryst”she swings her jacket at him and hits her as he ducks…Chaplinruns and hits his head on a low tree branch…Chaplin’s wifeberates and chokes Mack’s wife then she knocks Chaplin into a trashcan and keeps swinging at him as he tries to get out00:36:21:00 B/W 1914ms Mack’s wife finds the baby bottle in Mack’s coat00:37:03:00 B/W 1914ms Mack comes over to comfort Chaplin’s wife and gets kickedin the rear by Chaplin…Chaplin’s wife kicks him in the rearpushing him into Mack and knocking Mack into the trash can…shegrabs Chaplin and shakes the hell out of him…the policemanarrives and gives Chaplin’s wife the baby - all stand aroundlooking innocent…policeman leaves and Chaplin hitsMack…Chaplin’s wife gives baby to Mack who takes it over to hiswife…she faints thinking it’s his tryst baby00:38:12:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin’s wife asks him to explain the tryst note she foundin his coat pocket he says it’s not his coat00:38:36:00 B/W 1914ms Mack’s wife recovers and belts him showing him the babybottle she found in his coat pocket he says it’s not his coat00:38:56:00 B/W 1914ms Chaplin and Mack trade coats…Chaplin gives Mack’s wifethe tryst note…she beats him after reading it