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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 979

His Favorite Pastime

191416 minUnited States

Synopsis

A drunken Charlie alternates between drinking, quarreling and trying to attract a woman's attention. An encounter outside the bar sends him back for another drink, but he soon resumes his pursuit. Following the woman home turns his unwanted flirtation into a disruptive visit that the household is determined to end.

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Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs: 13:29
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · George Nichols · Public domain

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Cast

Charles Chaplin

Roscoe Arbuckle

Peggy Pearce

DirectorsGeorge Nichols

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Photograph credit

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Charles Chaplin — Strauss-Peyton Studio, 1921; published in Photoplay no. 3 (1922); National Portrait Gallery / Wikimedia Commons. · Public domain in the United States (PD-US-expired)
Roscoe Arbuckle — Photographer uncredited; https://archive.org/stream/starsofphotopla00phot#page/n25/mode/2up · Public domain
Peggy Pearce — Unknown author Unknown author; http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=30642355 ( Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. ) · Public domain

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