31. His Musical Career (1914)

Keystone 1914

Synopsis

Charlie gets a job as a piano mover and has to deliver one piano and collect another - one to 666 Prospect Street the other to 999 with the inevitable confusion. Charlie and Mack deliver one piano to the wrong house with Charlie carrying the piano around the room on his back while the customers admire the effect in various locations. He is, cartoon-like, unable to straighten up again. They try to remove a piano from another house and, pursued by the owner, they slide down the road and into a lake.

chaplin_credits

Director/Scenario:

Charles Chaplin

Cast:

Charles Chaplin (Piano Mover)

Mack Swain (Ambrose, his Partner)

Charles Parrott [Charley Chase] (Piano Store Manager)

Billy Gilbert (Piano Store Salesman)

Fritz Schade (Mr Rich)

Frank Hayes (Mr Poor)

Cecile Arnold (Mrs Rich)

Gene Marsh (Miss Poor)

William Hauber (Servant in Wig)

Shooting days:

October 1 - October 10

Negative sent from LA:

October 17

Received in New York:

October 23

Released:

November 7 1914

Length:

1025ft

Keystone working title:

The Piano Movers

Other titles:

The Piano Movers, Musical Tramps, Charlie as a Piano Mover