The New Janitor (1914)
The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company.
- Date of release
- 1914-09-14
- TMDB
- 6.2 / 10 (61)
- Runtime
- 12m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
Casting
- Charlie Chaplin — The Janitor
- Jess Dandy — Bank president
- John T. Dillon — Villaoinous manager
- Al St. John — Elevator boy
- Glen Cavender — Luke Connor - Gambler
- Frank Hayes — Accountant
- Helen Carruthers — Secretary (as Peggy Page)
Interesting facts
The New Janitor is a 1914 film from Keystone Studios, and is the 27th comedy to feature Charlie Chaplin. The film is arguably one of his best for the studio, and a precursor to a key Essanay Studios short, The Bank. The film also demonstrates the differences that Chaplin had with Keystone comedy in that it is a coherent whole in which the stock characters actually fill some emotional center. Chaplin brings a certain complexity to his janitor, unusual to the comedy factory of Mack Sennett. The film, which stars among Sennett's bit players Jess Dandy, Al St. John, John T. Dillon, and Helen Carruthers, is far more centered and clear in direction.
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