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5.8Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
Released: 1915-06-2128 minDir: Charlie ChaplinComedy
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as Izzy A. Wake's assistant
- Charles Inslee as Izzy A. Wake, Paperhanger
- Edna Purviance as Maid
- Billy Armstrong as The Husband
- Marta Golden as The Wife
- Leo White as The Secret Lover
Themes
- slapstick comedy
- black and white
- maid
- explosion
- silent film
- cuckold
- gas leak
- short film
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- Duration
- 33
- FilmAffinity ID
- 138808
- Image
- Chaplin and Purviance in Work.jpg
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- Work (1915 film)
- publication date
- 1915-01-01
- title
- Work
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