Behind the Screen
Also known as Charlot fait du cinéma and Le machiniste in France
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin, John Rand, Leo White, Henry Bergman, Lloyd Bacon, James T. Kelley, Charlotte Mineau, Leota Bryan, Wesley Ruggles, Tom Wood, Frank J. Coleman
Lone Star Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh and William C. Foster. / Released 13 November 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in the Lone Star Studio in Hollywood, California. Chaplin’s seventh Mutual contract film. The film was rereleased in the USA by Chaplin Classics, Incorporated, circa 1922.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists [16mm reduction positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 20 May 2018.
References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 120, 121; FilmYearBook-1923 p. 198; Jacobs-Chaplin p. 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 80, 89, 96, 97, 358.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
Streaming: Amazon.
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