His New Profession
- 1914
- 16m
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5.9/10
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A nephew takes his wheelchair-bound uncle and sweetheart to the park, where he meets the Little Tramp. The Tramp knows a money-making opportunity when he sees one.A nephew takes his wheelchair-bound uncle and sweetheart to the park, where he meets the Little Tramp. The Tramp knows a money-making opportunity when he sees one.A nephew takes his wheelchair-bound uncle and sweetheart to the park, where he meets the Little Tramp. The Tramp knows a money-making opportunity when he sees one.
Charley Chase
- Nephew
- (as Charles Parrot)
Peggy Page
- Nephew's Girlfriend
- (as Miss Page)
Dan Albert
- Saloon Patron in Undershirt
- (uncredited)
Glen Cavender
- Drinker
- (uncredited)
- …
Vivian Edwards
- Nurse
- (uncredited)
William Hauber
- Smoking Cop
- (uncredited)
Charles Murray
- Drinker
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
- Writer
- Charles Chaplin(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis film is among the 34 short films included in the "Chaplin at Keystone" DVD collection.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
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an all right short film
I didn't know that Charlie Chaplin made so many films in 1914. So I struggled a lot to find this short film The Good For Nothing, mainly because I did not know that it was actually known as His New Profession. To be honest I found this short comedy quite violent, with all the comic fighting at the pier and in the bar. But then I have not seen another Chaplin short before, so I might have been not expecting it.
The gags are amusing, but can be a bit repetitive, like Charlie's cane keeps hitting the Uncle's cast. Also, because of this, I found the first time when Charlie falling over into the food on the pavement quite amusing, but the second time a little less amusing. But some jokes can be not completed for that extra unexpected humour. An example of this is when the Uncle, in his wheelchair, gets pushed along the pier, and, like you would expect, to fall into the sea, while in fact he stops at the edge for that bit of unexpected humour, a bit of a surprise to me when the gag was repeated for the second time. Chaplin's direction really made the extremely simple plot seem like 16 minutes of traditional slapstick, repetitive gags, unexpected humour and more comic fights than you could shake a cane at! I was surprised that Minta Durfee, whose potrayal of the Woman was satisfactory, had an ongoing film career until her death in 1975! While Chaplin, whose portrayal of Charlie was very good and very important to the flow of the film, career went on until 1967, 10 years before his actual death! I do have pity though for Fritz Schade, whose protrayal of the Uncle really made the character come alive, didn't make another film after 1917, and died in 1926, and the young age of 46. It's a shame because he would have had a tremendous career in comedy films, with a role like that! Personally I would not recommend this short as an introduction Chaplin's unique work, just because of all that fighting might not a common convention of his work. Overall, it was an all right short film.
The gags are amusing, but can be a bit repetitive, like Charlie's cane keeps hitting the Uncle's cast. Also, because of this, I found the first time when Charlie falling over into the food on the pavement quite amusing, but the second time a little less amusing. But some jokes can be not completed for that extra unexpected humour. An example of this is when the Uncle, in his wheelchair, gets pushed along the pier, and, like you would expect, to fall into the sea, while in fact he stops at the edge for that bit of unexpected humour, a bit of a surprise to me when the gag was repeated for the second time. Chaplin's direction really made the extremely simple plot seem like 16 minutes of traditional slapstick, repetitive gags, unexpected humour and more comic fights than you could shake a cane at! I was surprised that Minta Durfee, whose potrayal of the Woman was satisfactory, had an ongoing film career until her death in 1975! While Chaplin, whose portrayal of Charlie was very good and very important to the flow of the film, career went on until 1967, 10 years before his actual death! I do have pity though for Fritz Schade, whose protrayal of the Uncle really made the character come alive, didn't make another film after 1917, and died in 1926, and the young age of 46. It's a shame because he would have had a tremendous career in comedy films, with a role like that! Personally I would not recommend this short as an introduction Chaplin's unique work, just because of all that fighting might not a common convention of his work. Overall, it was an all right short film.
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- andynortonuk
- May 24, 2003
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- Runtime16 minutes
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- 1.33 : 1
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