The Floor Walker
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The Floor Walker
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
The Floor Walker
Oclc number
985842784
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Originally produced by Flicker Alley in 1916
Runtime
29
Summary
The Floorwalker, Chaplin?s first film under his landmark contract with Lone Star-Mutual, has embezzlement as its subject. Chaplin?s inspiration for the film came while he and his brother Sydney were in New York City negotiating his contract with Mutual. While walking up Sixth Avenue at Thirty-third Street, Chaplin saw a man fall down an escalator serving the adjacent elevated train station and at once realized the comic possibilities of a moving staircase
Technique
live action
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