Between Showers

Between Showers - Charlie Chaplin the Little Tramp trying (and failing) to help a pretty girl across a flooding street
Between Showers - Charlie Chaplin the Little Tramp trying (and failing) to help a pretty girl across a flooding street

Between Showers (1914) starring Charlie Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Chester Conklin

Between Showers – in this early Charlie Chaplin film, Charlie competes with another man (Ford Sterling, at the time a major comedy film star) in trying to help a pretty young lady cross a muddy street.   The two rivals fight over various items in their struggle to be first to help the lady, including a wooden plank and Sterling’s umbrella.

Chester Conklin also makes an appearance as a policeman.  Between Showers is a very slapstick film, standard Keystone fare.  It has little to recommend it beyond its’ historical value as an early Charlie Chaplin film.

Cast of characters

Trivia

  • Emma Bell Clifton was hired by Mack Sennet because she resembled Mabel Normand.
  • This film is one of the 34 short films included in the “Chaplin at Keystone” DVD collection. 
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