The Professor (1919)
Professor Bosco, a poor flea trainer, rents a bed in a flophouse. Before going to bed, he rallies his troops and once he has made sure his beloved fleas are settled for the night, the professor prepares to sleep the sleep of the just man. Unfortunately he accidentally knocks the box off his bed and the fleas have the time of their lives pestering Bosco's neighbors. To get the escapees back in their box again, the trainer resorts to... his whip! All is back to normal one more time. But not for long, as a stray dog enters the flophouse and very unwisely opens the box, thus creating new havoc.
- Date of release
- 1919-01-01
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (34)
- Runtime
- 7m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
Casting
- Charlie Chaplin — Professor Bosco
- Albert Austin — Man in flophouse
- Henry Bergman — Bearded man in flophouse
- Loyal Underwood — Flophouse Proprietor (uncredited)
- Tom Wilson — Man in Flophouse (uncredited)
- Tom Wood — Fat Man in Flophouse (uncredited)
Interesting facts
The Professor is a 1919 American silent comedy film made at the Chaplin Studios for the First National film company starring Charlie Chaplin. However, the film was never released or even completed. Chaplin abandoned production after finishing only one sequence: a single reel. Chaplin appears not as his usual Tramp character but as "Professor Bosco", a slovenly showman who brings his flea circus with him when staying at a flophouse. The fleas get loose during the night and create havoc.
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