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Director
  
Charles Chaplin

Duration
  

Country
  
United States

7.6/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Comedy, Short

Writer
  
Charles Chaplin

Pay Day (1922 film) movie poster

Language
  
Silent (English intertitles)

Release date
  
April 2, 1922 (1922-04-02)

Tagline
  
Chaplin's finest 'Short'

Pay Day (1922) is an American short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in the film. It is Chaplin's final two-reel short film.

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Plot

Chaplin plays a laborer on a house construction site. When he gets paid, his wife wants all of the money, but he manages to keep enough of it to go out drinking. He returns home just in time to pretend he has just woken up to go to work.

Cast

  • Charlie Chaplin as Laborer
  • Phyllis Allen as Laborer's Wife
  • Mack Swain as Foreman
  • Edna Purviance as Foreman's Daughter
  • Syd Chaplin as Charlie's Friend / Lunch Cart Owner
  • Albert Austin as Workman
  • John Rand as Workman Who Throws The Bricks
  • Loyal Underwood as Bearded Workman
  • Henry Bergman as Fat Drinking Companion
  • Al Ernest Garcia as Tall Drinking Companion / Policeman

    • References

    Pay Day (1922 film) Wikipedia
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    Pay Day (1922 film) IMDb Pay Day (1922 film) themoviedb.org