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The Star Boarder

191416 minUnited States
Comedy

Synopsis

Charlie enjoys being his landlady's favorite, much to the irritation of the other men at the boarding house. Their attempt to frighten him produces unexpected trouble with the police. Meanwhile, the landlord's son photographs the adults' secret flirtations and prepares a lantern show that threatens everyone's respectable appearance.

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Original language
No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
This copy runs
11:20
Subtitles
No subtitle track in this language

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

Languages and subtitles

No subtitle track in this language

Wikimedia Commons · George Nichols · Public domain

This copy runs shorter than the reference runtime. Editing and playback speed can differ between editions.

Cast

DirectorsGeorge Nichols

Historical context

The comedy was reissued in 1918 as The Landlady's Pet. Its story makes projected photographs the mechanism that exposes private behavior, while the reissue itself encountered local censorship cuts aimed at some of Chaplin's gestures.

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