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      The New Janitor

      1914 16m Comedy List
      Reviews 30% Audience Score 100+ Ratings A janitor rescues a damsel in distress while stopping his corrupt boss from stealing money. Read More Read Less

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      Yasser Medina Cinefilia 'The New Janitor' is a silent short film by Chaplin that manages to make me laugh for twelve minutes of pure slapstick. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 7/10 Aug 12, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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      Audience Member Review of several Chaplin films coming to themoviefreakblog.com on 9/15 Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member The janitor of a bank saves the day by preventing a bank robbery. Chaplin did not produce his best work during his time at Keystone, where his views on comedy filmmaking contrasted Mark Sennett's. However, it still is admirable that Chaplin is able to get an original kind of comedy from such a straight forward storyline, where characters' emotions are given time to be explored. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Another Chaplin short from 1914 Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 02/17/23 Full Review Audience Member The film has a pretty well-defined plot, an oddity at this stage of Chaplin's career. But that keeps the film moving, even though much of it isn't very funny--that is unless you get a kick out of seeing people find endless reasons to punch each other in the face. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/26/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Movie Info

      Synopsis A janitor rescues a damsel in distress while stopping his corrupt boss from stealing money.
      Director
      Charlie Chaplin
      Screenwriter
      Charlie Chaplin
      Production Co
      Keystone Film Company
      Genre
      Comedy
      Runtime
      16m