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The Rink
Also known as Charlot patine in France
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charles Chaplin [a waiter posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer], Edna Purviance [the girl], James T. Kelley [her father], Eric Campbell [Mr. Stout], Henry Bergman [Mrs. Stout; and a restaurant patron], John Rand [the rival waiter], Charlotte Mineau [Edna’s friend], Albert Austin [the cook; a skater], Lloyd Bacon, Frank J. Coleman, Leota Bryan

Lone Star Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Charles Chaplin. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh and W.C. Foster. / Released 4 December 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in the Lone Star Studio in Hollywood, California. The film was rereleased in the USA by Chaplin Classics, Incorporated, circa 1922.

Comedy.

Survival status: Prints exist [35mm preservation positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Restaurants: Waiters - Roller skating: Roller skates

Listing updated: 20 May 2018.

References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History p. 120; Bohn-Light pp. 69, 70; Everson-American p. 265; FilmYearBook-1923 p. 198; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 50b, 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 95, 96, 100, 361; Lahue-World p. 68; Sklar-Movie p. 112.

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