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A Night Out is a 1915 American silent comedy short written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin for the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. It is Chaplin's second film for Essanay and the first of five films he made at the company's Niles studio in northern California. Chaplin and Ben Turpin play drunken companions whose night moves from a café to a hotel, where mistaken identities and physical gags drive the action. Edna Purviance appears in her first film with Chaplin.
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Who made A Night Out?
A Night Out was written, directed, and starred in by Charlie Chaplin. The film was made for the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company in 1915.
Where does A Night Out fit in Chaplin’s Essanay films?
It was Chaplin’s second film for Essanay. It was also the first of five films he made at the company’s Niles studio in northern California.
What kind of film is A Night Out?
A Night Out is an American silent comedy short. Like many Chaplin comedies, it relies on visual gags, physical performance, and expressive screen acting rather than spoken dialogue.
When was A Night Out released?
The short was released in 1915. It belongs to the early Essanay period of Chaplin’s film career, before his later work at Mutual and First National.
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