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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 919

Tango Tangles

191412 minUnited States

Video edition: Wikimedia Commons
Original language: No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs: 11:20
Subtitles: No subtitle track in this language

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Wikimedia Commons · Mack Sennett · Public domain

Synopsis

A dance hall becomes a contest between men whose attention is fixed on the same young woman. Their attempts to approach her create rivalries that interrupt both the music and the people enjoying it. The crowded social setting supplies partners, obstacles and witnesses for an increasingly physical struggle over who gets noticed.

Cast

Charles Chaplin

Ford Sterling

Roscoe Arbuckle

Chester Conklin

Minta Durfee

DirectorsMack Sennett

Behind the scenes

Mack Sennett filmed the comedy in a dance hall with Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle and Ford Sterling. Chaplin appears without the familiar Tramp moustache and costume, giving this early appearance a distinct visual identity.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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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)
Ford Sterling — Unknown author Unknown author; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
Roscoe Arbuckle — Photographer uncredited; https://archive.org/stream/starsofphotopla00phot#page/n25/mode/2up · Public domain
Chester Conklin — Hartsook Photo; J. Willis Sayre Collection of Theatrical Photographs · Public domain
Minta Durfee — Unknown author Unknown author; Photoplay Magazine · Public domain

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