Tango Tangle (1914)
Country: US
Technical: bw 12m
Director: Mack Sennett
Cast: Charlies Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Synopsis:
At an ice rink dance event the band leader, lead musician and a drunken dandy compete for the attentions of the hat check girl.
Review:
Pacy, anything-goes farce (Sterling even kisses Chaplin full on the mouth), in which the young star, sans moustache, plays decidedly second fiddle to Sterling's mugging and expressively physical performance. Arbuckle meanwhile displays his easy physicality, scooping up another performer and executing spectacular pratfalls. The Sennett technique is clear: if it gets a laugh, leave it in. For development and sentiment, Chaplin would have to wait a year (only a year?)
Country: US
Technical: bw 12m
Director: Mack Sennett
Cast: Charlies Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Synopsis:
At an ice rink dance event the band leader, lead musician and a drunken dandy compete for the attentions of the hat check girl.
Review:
Pacy, anything-goes farce (Sterling even kisses Chaplin full on the mouth), in which the young star, sans moustache, plays decidedly second fiddle to Sterling's mugging and expressively physical performance. Arbuckle meanwhile displays his easy physicality, scooping up another performer and executing spectacular pratfalls. The Sennett technique is clear: if it gets a laugh, leave it in. For development and sentiment, Chaplin would have to wait a year (only a year?)
Country: US
Technical: bw 12m
Director: Mack Sennett
Cast: Charlies Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle
Synopsis:
At an ice rink dance event the band leader, lead musician and a drunken dandy compete for the attentions of the hat check girl.
Review:
Pacy, anything-goes farce (Sterling even kisses Chaplin full on the mouth), in which the young star, sans moustache, plays decidedly second fiddle to Sterling's mugging and expressively physical performance. Arbuckle meanwhile displays his easy physicality, scooping up another performer and executing spectacular pratfalls. The Sennett technique is clear: if it gets a laugh, leave it in. For development and sentiment, Chaplin would have to wait a year (only a year?)