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Century of Slapstick #36: Caught in the Rain by Trav S.D.

Today marks the 100th anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s debut as solo director of a film, Caught in the Rain (1914). The film is a fairly routine little Sennett style Francophile farce. It starts out in a park. Chaplin moves in on Mack Swain's wife (Alice Davenport) while the poor schmo is buying candy. A squabble. Then Charlie […]

SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 07:22AM on May 4, 2014

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