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  Charles Chaplin (left), Chester Conklin and Mabel Normand.
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Gentlemen of Nerve
Also known as Some Nerve in the USA; Charlot et Mabel aux courses in France : [Charlie at the Races]
(1914) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charles Chaplin [Mr. Wow-Wow], Mabel Normand [Mabel], Chester Conklin [Mr. Walrus], Mack Swain, Phyllis Allen [the woman sweet on Mr. Walrus], George Summerville (Slim Summerville), Charles Parrott (Charley Chase) [a bystander], Harry McCoy [a bystander], Alice Davenport [the bystander with the seltzer bottle], [?] Edgar Kennedy?, [?] ? [the policeman], [?] ? [the ticket taker]

The Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. / © 1914 by The Keystone Film Company. Released 29 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Working title: Attending the Races. [?] Completed or shipped? on 7 October 1914. The film was reedited and rereleased in the USA on State Rights basis as Some Nerve by W.H. Productions Company in 1918.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist in the Library of Congress film archive (paper print collection) [35mm paper positive, 35mm restoration negative, 35mm restoration positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Races (Automobile)

Listing updated: 23 July 2024.

References: Fussell-Normand p. 259; Jacobs-Chaplin p. 135; Lahue-Kops p. 149; Lahue-Mack p. 297.

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