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A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.
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- Charles Chaplin
- Vincent Bryan(uncredited)
- Maverick Terrell(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis was the first film that Charles Chaplin starred in alone, except for a brief scene of Albert Austin playing a cab driver.
- GoofsDespite the title, it is clearly daytime when Chaplin arrives home in a cab.
- Alternate versionsKino International distributes a set of videos containing all the 12 Mutual short films made by Chaplin in 1915 - 1917. They are presented by David Shepard, who copyrighted the versions in 1984, and has a music soundtrack composed and performed by Michael Mortilla who copyrighted his score in 1989. The running time of this film is 22 minutes.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Chaplin Cavalcade (1941)
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Pretty Good One-Man Show
One of Charlie Chaplin's many short comedies, "One A.M." is essentially a one-man show, and while it is purely slapstick-oriented without any of the depth of Chaplin's later films, it's pretty good. Except for a brief appearance by a cab driver at the beginning, Charlie is on-screen alone for the entire film, as a man returning home after a night of carousing. All he wants to do is go to bed, but before he can go to bed, he has to get up the stairs, and before he can get up the stairs, he has to get inside the house - but in Charlie's condition, each step is fraught with peril.
The film starts somewhat slowly, but gets funnier as it goes along. Chaplin shows off not just his comic timing, but his acrobatic skills as well - some of the stunts are pretty impressive. While this is certainly not one of his best, it's worth watching.
The film starts somewhat slowly, but gets funnier as it goes along. Chaplin shows off not just his comic timing, but his acrobatic skills as well - some of the stunts are pretty impressive. While this is certainly not one of his best, it's worth watching.
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- Jun 20, 2001
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- Runtime26 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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