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The Pawnshop (1916) -- Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.

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7.3/10   759 votes
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Director:
Charles Chaplin
Writer:
Charles Chaplin (writer)
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Release Date:
2 October 1916 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Short more
Plot:
Charlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and and himself... more | add synopsis
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Cast

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Charles Chaplin ... Pawnshop assistant
Henry Bergman ... Pawnbroker
Edna Purviance ... His daughter
John Rand ... Pawnshop assistant
Albert Austin ... Client with clock
Wesley Ruggles ... Client with ring
Eric Campbell ... Burglar
James T. Kelley ... Old bum / Female client with goldfish
Frank J. Coleman ... Policeman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
At the Sign of the Dollar (USA)
High and Low Finance (USA)
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Runtime:
32 min | Germany:24 min (restored version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Silent
Certification:
Canada:G (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp

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Featured in Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp (1980) (TV) more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
One of Chaplin's Best, 27 October 2005
10/10
Author: wadetaylor from Memphis

This is definitely one of Chaplin's top 5 or 6 shorts. The part with Albert Austin and the clock is just so hilarious, and I really like the end of that bit where the drunk gets pushed down, just because it makes no sense.

I think this is the exact point in Chaplin's oeuvre in which he matured to the point in which he could make masterpieces. Don't get me wrong I like many of his earlier shorts, but everything he did from this point on could be argued as a masterpiece of comic cinema.

It is true that there isn't a great amount of pathos in this one, but I like the fact that there a just so many ridiculous situations that come one after the other. A+ grade.

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