Director(s)
Charlie Chaplin
Starring
Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Tom Wilson, Tom Terriss, Henry Bergman, Loyal Underwood, Tom Wood,
Language(s)
Silent
Released
January 11, 1919
Genre
Classics, Comedy
Run Time
28 minutes
Rating
NR
Description
Charlie works on a farm from 4 am until late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). He loves the neighbor's daughter Edna but is disliked by her father. He rides a cow into a stream and is kicked off. Unconscious, he dreams of a nymph dance. Back in reality a city slicker is hurt in a
...morecar crash and is being cared for by Edna. When Charlie is rejected after attempting to imitate the slicker, the result is ambiguous--either tragic or a happy ending. Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream. ...hide