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Pay Day (1922 film)

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Pay Day
Theatrical release poster
Directed byCharlie Chaplin
Written byCharlie Chaplin
StarringCharlie Chaplin
Edna Purviance
Mack Swain
Syd Chaplin
CinematographyRoland Totheroh
Production
company
Distributed byFirst National Pictures
Release date
  • April 2, 1922 (1922-04-02)
Running time
28 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent (English intertitles)
Pay Day (1922) by Charlie Chaplin

Pay Day (1922) is an American short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in the film. It is Chaplin's final two-reel short film.

Plot

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Chaplin plays a laborer on a house construction site. When he gets paid, his wife wants all the money, but he manages to keep enough of it to go out drinking. He returns home just in time to pretend he has just woken up to go to work.

Cast

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Reception

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According to Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, "Pay Day, is a delightful, polished work that was Chaplin’s last two-reel comedy." He notes that Monta Bell, a future director and producer, was engaged as a general assistant and helped Chaplin develop the film's scenario on paper prior to production. This made it possible for Chaplin to make Pay Day in 31 production days (a sharp contrast to the five months required to complete his previous two-reel comedy, The Idle Class).[1]

References

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  1. ^ Vance, Jeffrey (2003), Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema New York: Harry N. Abrams, p. 125. ISBN 0-8109-4532-0
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