The Fireman
(2017, original release: 1916)
Nonfiction
eVideo
Details
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
ISBN/ISSN
1374797
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Title from title frames
In Chaplin’s second effort for Mutual, he portrays an inept firefighter at Fire Station 23. Charlie, still asleep, mistakes a drill bell for a fire alarm and single-handedly drives out the horse-drawn fire engine. When he discovers his error, he simply backs up the engine into the fire station, with horses galloping backward (an early instance of camera tricks—cameramen Foster and Totheroh skillfully cranked the cameras in reverse and Chaplin staged the action backward)
In Process Record
Film
Originally produced by Flicker Alley in 1916
Mode of access: World Wide Web
In English