- The Floorwalker
Infobox Film
name = The Floorwalker
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director = Charles Chaplin
Edward Brewer (technical director)
producer =Henry P. Caulfield
writer = Charles Chaplin (scenario)Vincent Bryan (scenario)
Maverick Terrell (scenario)
starring = Charles Chaplin
Eric Campbell
Edna Purviance
music =
cinematography =William C. Foster Roland H. Totheroh
editing = Charles Chaplin
distributor =Mutual Film Corporation
released =May 15 ,1916
runtime = 2 Reels (full length unknown)
country = USA
language = Silent film
English intertitles
budget =
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imdb_id = 0006689"The Floorwalker" was Charlie Chaplin's first
Mutual Film Corporation film, made in 1916. It starred Chaplin as a customer in adepartment store who finds out the manager is stealing money from the store.It was noted for the first 'running staircase' used in films which is used for a series of
slapstick that climaxes with a frantic chase down an upward escalator and finding they are remaining in the same position on the steps no matter how fast they move.Edna Purviance played a minor role as a secretary to the store manager, played byEric Campbell .Cast
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Charles Chaplin - Tramp
*Eric Campbell - Store manager
*Edna Purviance - Manager's secretary
*Lloyd Bacon - Assistant manager
*Albert Austin - Shop assistant
*Charlotte Mineau - Beautiful store detectiveExternal links
*imdb title|0006689
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