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The Rounders

191416 minUnited States
Comedy
Video edition
Wikimedia Commons
Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: English.
This copy runs
12:47
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · Mack Sennett · Public domain

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Synopsis

Two drunken neighbors find themselves in trouble with their wives. When a quarrel brings the women together, the men take the opportunity to steal money and escape to a café. Their attempt to continue the evening undisturbed produces more disorder, until a leaking boat seems to offer the only refuge beyond the reach of their pursuers.

Cast

DirectorsCharles Chaplin

Behind the scenes

Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle share the central partnership in this Keystone short. Their different physical styles give the comedy a double focus as the two men try to coordinate movements that neither can reliably control.

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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.

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