When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he finally gets to act, he ruins his scene, accidentally destroys the set, and tears the skirt of the star of the movie.
Charlie Chaplin
Jess Robbins
Charlie Chaplin
Louella Parsons
Charlie Chaplin
Film Extra
Ben Turpin
Film Extra, in Anteroom
Charlotte Mineau
Film Star
Leo White
Actor, Hussar Officer
Robert Bolder
Studio President
Charles J. Stine
Director
Arthur W. Bates
Carpenter
Jess Robbins
Cameraman
Gloria Swanson
Stenographer (uncredited)
CinemaSerf
Charlie Chaplin turns up for an interview at the "Lockstone" film studios (they've even got a water cooler!) - desperate for a job... He'll do anything, which is just as well because every task he his assigned by the director he manages to cock up. It's funny for about ten minutes, the timing and pr...
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company