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His New Job

191532 minUnited States
Comedy
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
28:32
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Wikimedia Commons · Charlie Chaplin · Public domain

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Synopsis

An aspiring performer enters a film studio and soon disrupts its auditions, carpentry work and production routines. Being offered a uniformed role gives him access to the set but little understanding of what the scene requires. Gambling, props and misplaced confidence help turn his first acting opportunity into a threat to the picture being made.

Cast

DirectorsCharles Chaplin

Behind the scenes

The title also refers to Chaplin's move from Keystone to Essanay. He made this first Essanay comedy in Chicago before returning to California for the films that followed.

Reference: Chaplin Office

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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Availability checked on September 12, 2026.

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