Charlot patine

Original title: The Rink

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Charles Chaplin in Charlot patine (1916)

After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.After causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.

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Charles Chaplin

A Waiter - Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer

Edna Purviance

The Girl

James T. Kelley

Her Father

Eric Campbell

Mr. Stout

Henry Bergman

Mrs. Stout

Albert Austin

Cook

Charlotte Mineau

Edna's Friend

Lloyd Bacon

Guest
(uncredited)
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Leota Bryan

Barmaid
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Frank J. Coleman

Restaurant Manager
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John Rand

Waiter
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- Charles Chaplin
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Trivia
Restoration work was carried out at Lobster Films in 2014.

Charlot patine (1916) has been restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and Lobster Films, from a diacetate fine grain preserved at the Library of Congress, a safety dupe positive preserved at the British Film Institute, and a nitrate print preserved at the Archives Françaises du film (CNC).

Some fragments were added from a nitrate print preserved at the British Film Institute.

Intertitles have been reconstructed according to the original Mutual Film intertitles from the same age, and documents of the Library of Congress.

The surviving elements come from two different negatives. Negative A was restored whenever possible, while negative B was used to reconstruct missing or severely damaged shots.

Goofs
As Charlie prepares to leave for lunch, his light-colored vest is visible beneath his coat. As he exits the building, his vest is now much darker, and blends in with his coat and trousers.

Quotes
A Waiter - Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer: Mum's the word!

Alternate versions
Kino International distributes a set of videos containing all the 12 Mutual short films made by Chaplin in 1915 - 1917. They are presented by David H. Shepard, who copyrighted the versions in 1984, and has a music soundtrack composed and performed by Michael D. Mortilla who copyrighted his score in 1989. The running time of this film is 24 minutes.

Connections
Edited into The Chaplin Cavalcade (1941)

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Enjoyable Chaplin short

Chaplin is a waiter in a chaotic restaurant. After he work he visits a skating rink for roller skates where he meets a girl but upsets plenty of others. She invites him to a skating party later but can he win her heart whilst avoiding others?

Based on a sketch this short required Chaplin to expand the set-up to cover the longer running time and it occasionally shows. The restaurant scene is good but the real meat is in the two skating scenes that are fast and well choreographed to be amusing and skilfully done.

Chaplin is good as the little tramp and is even better when called on physically in the skating scenes. He shows his talent in those scenes much more than the others, however the actual plot needed a little more of the relationship in the wings even if it is just a short film.

Fans, however, will enjoy it regardless.