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A Night Out

  • 19151915
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 34m
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.7K
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Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, and Madrona Hicks in A Night Out (1915)
  • Comedy
  • Short
After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.
IMDb RATING
5.9/10
1.7K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
  • Writer
    • Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Charles Chaplin
    • Ben Turpin(uncredited)
    • Charles Allen Dealey(uncredited)
Top credits
  • Director
    • Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
  • Writer
    • Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Charles Chaplin
    • Ben Turpin(uncredited)
    • Charles Allen Dealey(uncredited)
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 15User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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  • Photos25

    Charles Chaplin in A Night Out (1915)
    Fred Goodwins and Bud Jamison in A Night Out (1915)
    Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in A Night Out (1915)
    Bud Jamison and Edna Purviance in A Night Out (1915)
    Charles Chaplin in A Night Out (1915)
    Charles Chaplin in A Night Out (1915)
    Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Ben Turpin in A Night Out (1915)
    Charles Chaplin and Ben Turpin in A Night Out (1915)
    Charles Chaplin and Bud Jamison in A Night Out (1915)
    Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, and Leo White in A Night Out (1915)
    Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, and Leo White in A Night Out (1915)
    Charles Chaplin and Ben Turpin in A Night Out (1915)

    Top cast

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    Charles Chaplin
    Charles Chaplin
    • Revelleras Reveller
    Ben Turpin
    Ben Turpin
    • Fellow Revelleras Fellow Reveller
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Allen Dealey
    • Restaurant Manageras Restaurant Manager
    • (uncredited)
    Frank Dolan
    Frank Dolan
    • Waiteras Waiter
    • (uncredited)
    W. Coleman Elam
    W. Coleman Elam
    • Bit Roleas Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Earl Esola
    • Bellboy with Cigar Boxesas Bellboy with Cigar Boxes
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Fries
    • Bit Roleas Bit Role
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Goodwins
    • Desk Clerk at Second Hotelas Desk Clerk at Second Hotel
    • (uncredited)
    Madrona Hicks
    • Veiled Womanas Veiled Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Bud Jamison
    Bud Jamison
    • Headwaiteras Headwaiter
    • (uncredited)
    Daniel P. Kelleher
    • Bellboy Carrying Suitcasesas Bellboy Carrying Suitcases
    • (uncredited)
    Edna Purviance
    Edna Purviance
    • Headwaiter's Wifeas Headwaiter's Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Eva Sawyer
    • The Count's Companionas The Count's Companion
    • (uncredited)
    Leo White
    Leo White
    • 'French' Dandyas 'French' Dandy
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Lee Willard
    Lee Willard
    • Soup Slurperas Soup Slurper
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Windemere
    • Copas Cop
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
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    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This was Edna Purviance's first film with Charles Chaplin.
    • Goofs
      The hotel number for Reveller (Charlie Chaplin) and Fellow Reveller changes. When Fellow Reveller first enters the room the number on the door is clearly visible as 3. When Reveller is followed into the room by Headwaiter the room number changes to 2. It changes back to 3 when Fellow Reveller leaves the room for the final time.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916 (1916)

    User reviews15

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    Goodbye Ben Turpin, and Hello Edna!
    Viewers interested in Charlie Chaplin's early work (i.e. the rough stuff, with lots of drunken foolery and butt-kicking) may well enjoy this film. I confess I enjoyed it, the way I might get a kick out of watching Championship Wrestling for twenty minutes or so. If it's Chaplin the Artiste you want then try the later productions, but if you're in the mood for rude and unrefined slapstick then A Night Out should fit the bill nicely.

    This is the second film Chaplin made for the Essanay company, and it also marks the second and last time he teamed up with knockabout comic Ben Turpin. Chaplin and Turpin don't pair especially well on screen, and it's said they didn't get along off-camera either, which is no surprise. Chaplin was a gifted mime, an inspired comedian and an exacting filmmaker, while Turpin was a low-comedy clown with crossed eyes. Ben could take a fall with the best of them, but it's said he didn't understand why Chaplin the perfectionist demanded take after take of each scene. There in a nutshell you have the difference between an artist and a hack.

    As it happens, despite the modest trappings of this film Chaplin's special gift comes across in several nice little moments. Early on, during the sequence in a swanky restaurant, the drunken Charlie stands at an indoor fountain and suddenly seems to believe he's washing up in the privacy of his own home, so naturally enough he brushes his teeth with the stem of a plant. It's a strange bit of business, almost dreamlike, but Chaplin makes it appear perfectly normal and routine. Later, checking into a hotel, Charlie attempts to rest his foot on the bar rail -- which happens to be invisible -- and drink ink from the inkwell.

    This film is most notable as the debut of Chaplin's longtime leading lady Edna Purviance, who was only 19 years old at this time and very pretty indeed. Her first scenes are fairly low-key, but later on, when she's in pajamas playing with her dog, Chaplin grants Edna a couple of close-ups which look something like a screen test. Obviously she passed the test with flying colors, for Edna went on to play opposite Chaplin in virtually every film he made for the next eight years, the happiest and most prolific period of his creative life. If for no other reason, A Night Out is worth seeing for the debut of this beautiful and underrated silent screen actress.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 15, 1915 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
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    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Charlie's Drunken Daze
    • Filming locations
      • Alcantara Building, San Jose, California, USA
    • Production company
      • The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      34 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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