This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
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Charlie Chaplin as Mr. Dovey
Edgar Kennedy as Butler
Minta Durfee as The Lady
Eva Nelson as Maid
Glen Cavender as Bearded Doctor (uncredited)
William Hauber as Gardener (uncredited)
Bert Hunn as Tall Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Harry Russell as Bald Doctor (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert as Short Ambulance Attendant
United Kingdom 30 June 1914
United States 26 March 1914
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These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1914:
01 January 1914
Beverly Calhoun is invited by her friend, Princess Yestive of Graustark, to pay her a visit. On her journey, she is waylaid by bandits, and becomes entangled in the political problems of a neighboring country, whose ruler Prince Dantan, has been ousted by his evil half-brother Gabriel.
10 May 1914
Norma, a dancer, receives many presents from admirers. Among them she finds a peculiar looking box, out of which spring several poisonous snakes.
09 November 1914
Sweedie has two admirers, and is undecided as to which one she prefers to marry. Her parents are in favor of Fritz, a little fat German.
22 January 1914
A knight of the grip has many inconveniences to contend with, and not only that, but often his very life is in danger.
20 November 1914
The death of her father brought Sylvia Fairfax face to face with conditions which she was unequipped to handle, and, after an unsuccessful attempt to fill the position of governess in the Windermere home, caused her to go to New York.
30 March 1914
Mary is forced into shoplifting to keep up with her rich sorority sisters.
18 November 1914
A young man discovers the reason his new bride killed herself.
01 November 1914
This 1914 drama set in the WWI-era relates a heroic act carried out by a war nurse for the Red Cross (Dora Tschitorina) who has witnessed the death of her husband (Ivan Mosjoukine).
01 May 1914
Based on the novel Trilby by George du Maurier. A girl named Trilby meets Svengali, a musician and hypnotist, who claims he can turn her into a talented singer via hypnosis.
25 November 1914
Aggie has survived the measles, mumps and scarlet rash, so when she brought home the high school diploma her parents thought she was a young lady now and couldn't catch anything more.
28 January 1914
At the instigation of Sybel, an adventuress, Black, a society parasite, steals a valuable diamond brooch.
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