A Day's Pleasure

A Day's Pleasure

Infobox Film
name = A Day's Pleasure


caption = Theatrical poster to "A Day's Pleasure"
director = Charles Chaplin
producer = Charles Chaplin
writer = Charles Chaplin
starring = Charles Chaplin
Edna Purviance
Marion Feducha
Bob Kelly
Jackie Coogan
Tom Wilson
Babe London
Henry Bergman
Loyal Underwood
music = Charles Chaplin (in 1959 re-release as part of "The Chaplin Revue")
cinematography = Roland Totheroh
editing = Charles Chaplin (uncredited)
distributor = First National Pictures Inc.
released = December 15, 1919
runtime = 25 min. / 18 min.
language = Silent film
English (Original intertitles)
country = USA
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
imdb_id = 0010057

"A Day's Pleasure" is Charlie Chaplin's fourth film for First National Films. It was created at the Chaplin Studio. It was a quickly made two-reeler to help fill a gap while working on his first feature "The Kid". It is about a day outing with his wife and the kids and things don't go smoothly. Edna Purviance plays Chaplin's wife and Jackie Coogan one of the kids. The first scene shows the Chaplin Studio corner office in the background while Chaplin tries to get his car started.

Reception

"A Day's Pleasure" is almost universally regarded as Chaplin's least impressive First National film. Even contemporary critics were muted in their enthusiasm, as evidenced by this mixed review from the December 8, 1919 "New York Times":

"Charlie Chaplin is screamingly funny in his latest picture, "A Day's Pleasure", at the Strand, when he tries in vain to solve the mysteries of a collapsible deck chair. He is also funny in many little bits of pantomime and burlesque, in which he is inimitable. But most of the time he depends for comedy upon seasickness, a Ford car, and biff-bang slap-stick, with which he is little, if any, funnier than many other screen comedians." [http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=&title2=Day%27s%20Pleasure%2C%20A&reviewer=&v_id=61918&pdate=19191208]

Cast

* Charles Chaplin - Father
* Edna Purviance - Mother
* Marion Feducha - Small Boy
* Bob Kelly - Small Boy
* Jackie Coogan - Smallest Boy
* Tom Wilson - Large Husband
* Babe London - His Seasick Wife
* Henry Bergman - Captain, Man in Car and Heavy Policeman
* Loyal Underwood - Angry Little Man in Street

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