Recreation

Name: Recreation
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1914-08-13
Duration: 6 min
Rating: 5.1
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Charles Bennett, Helen Carruthers, Edwin Frazee, Edward Nolan

Recreation (1914)

0:06 (6 min)

Comedy

United States

5.1/10
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Production

Keystone Film Company

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Actors

Tramp

Charles Bennett

Seaman on Park Bench (uncredited)

Helen Carruthers

Girl in Park (uncredited)

Edwin Frazee

Short Cop

Edward Nolan

Tall Cop

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Short description

Charlie attempts to flirt with a woman sitting on a park bench, but her sailor boyfriend objects to the attention. The conflict escalates into a fight involving bricks, which eventually draws in two police officers. The confrontation concludes when all five individuals end up in a nearby body of water.

This 1914 comedy was produced by Mack Sennett through the Keystone Film Company. Written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, this is the first of 22 films he directed, preceding The Masquerader. The cast features Chaplin as the Tramp, along with Helen Carruthers and Charles Bennett, and includes Edwin Frazee and Edward Nolan as police officers.

The short film has a runtime of six minutes. Audience reception is mixed, with a rating of 5/10 on IMDb based on 1,400 votes and a score of 5.2/10 on TMDB from 68 votes.