In the Park
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Produced by The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
A lighthearted silent comedy built on physical gags and escalating mishaps, where a tramp's bumbling interventions accidentally resolve a romantic dispute.
A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug, but takes a few with his walking stick. When the thief tries to take some of Charlie's sausages, Charlie gets the handbag. The handbag makes its way from person to person to its owner, who is angry with her boyfriend who didn't protect her in the first place. The boyfriend decides to throw himself in the lake in despair, so Charlie helps him out.
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Like In the Park, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
