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Charlie attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.Charlie attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.Charlie attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
Dan Albert
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Hampton Del Ruth
- Lead Actor
- (uncredited)
Minta Durfee
- Self
- (uncredited)
- …
Billy Gilbert
- Theatre Usher
- (uncredited)
William Hauber
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Bert Hunn
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
George Jeske
- Prop Boy in White Shirt
- (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy
- Director
- (uncredited)
Sadie Lampe
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
Henry Lehrman
- Self
- (uncredited)
Hank Mann
- Prop Boy in Overalls
- (uncredited)
Harry McCoy
- Fireman
- (uncredited)
- …
George Nichols
- Older Actor on Screen
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Craig Hutchinson
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Did you know
- TriviaAlthough some sources credit Mack Sennett with playing himself, the film director, the role is actually played by Edgar Kennedy--who, besides being a comic actor, was also a respected director.
- GoofsMembers of the audience behind Charlie Chaplin change - for example, Minta Durfee is sitting behind Chaplin in some shots, but a different actress is seated behind him in others.
- Alternate versions1930s reissue version, entitled Film Johnny, (released on DVD) omits the opening sequence in the movie theater.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Crazy Days (1962)
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What's a Johnnie?
One of Charlie Chaplin's early movies casts him as a man who goes to a movie studio to find his dream girl, only to make a complete mess of the production. Watching "A Film Johnnie", I assumed that "Johnnie" refers to someone who makes a mess of things. Maybe it was a slang word at the time. Most importantly, the movie lets us see Chaplin strut his physical humor. I suspect that everyone had a lot of fun making it. In addition to Chaplin, there's Fatty Arbuckle and Mabel Normand. Not any kind of great movie, but fun for the few minutes that it lasts.
I bet that Charlie Chaplin felt weird having gone from poor boy to international superstar. To be certain, his granddaughter Oona played Talisa Maegyr on "Game of Thrones".
I bet that Charlie Chaplin felt weird having gone from poor boy to international superstar. To be certain, his granddaughter Oona played Talisa Maegyr on "Game of Thrones".
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- lee_eisenberg
- Jan 31, 2016
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- Charlie the Actor
- Filming locations
- Bryson Apartments, 2701 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, California, USA(Apartment Building)
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- Runtime15 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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