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Release Date:
9 July 1914 (USA)
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Plot:
Charlie pretends to be a dentist though he is only his assistant. When a patient can't stop laughing...
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a few good laughs, a lot of inexplicable punching
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Also Known As:
Busy Little Dentist (USA)
Down and Out
Laffing Gas (USA)
The Dentist
Tuning His Ivories (USA)
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Runtime:
16 min
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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I've seen quite a few Chaplin shorts from early in his career and I've noticed that his early stuff (done for Keystone Studios) is pretty dreadful stuff. Unlike his wonderful full-length films from the 20s and 30s, the films from 1914-1915 are incredibly poorly made--having no script but only vague instructions from the director. In most cases, the films had almost no plot and degenerated to people punching and kicking each other.
This short is quite a bit better than the norm. While at times the plot degenerates to a lot of punching and kicking for absolutely no reason at all, the film also has a few decent laughs as Charlie pretends to be a dentist. Nothing outstandingly funny, but compared to the generally boring stuff he did for the studio, it's a big improvement.