Pay Day (1922 film)

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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

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

• Charlie Chaplin as Laborer
• Phyllis Allen as Laborer's Wife
• Mack Swain as Foreman
• Edna Purviance as Foreman's Daughter
• Syd Chaplin
  as Mustachioed Workman / Laborer's Friend / Lunch Cart Owner
• John Rand as Workman
• Loyal Underwood as Bearded Workman
• Henry Bergman as Fat Workman
• Al Ernest Garcia as Tall Workman

Reception

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]

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