Work

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.

5.85

28 min

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

as Izzy A. Wake's assistant

Charles Inslee

as Izzy A. Wake, Paperhanger

Edna Purviance

as Maid

Billy Armstrong

as The Husband

Marta Golden

as The Wife

Leo White

as The Secret Lover

Paddy McGuire

as The Plasterbearer

Director

Charlie Chaplin