One A M

One A.M., Chaplin’s fourth Mutual, is an impressive piece of virtuosity, a solo performance except for a brief ap... (more)

One A.M., Chaplin’s fourth Mutual, is an impressive piece of virtuosity, a solo performance except for a brief appearance by Albert Austin as a taxi driver. The film is a tour de force of Chaplin’s superb pantomime and comic creativity performed in a restricted space, a brilliant experiment that he never repeated. Chaplin reportedly remarked, "One more film like that and it will be goodbye Charlie."The film’s simple situation revolves around a drunken gentlemen as he arrives home early one morning and tries to get upstairs into bed. (less)