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The New Janitor

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A janitor rescues a damsel in distress while stopping his corrupt boss from stealing money.

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Yasser Medina Cinefilia 08/12/2020
7/10
'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] Go to Full Review
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08/12/2013 Review of several Chaplin films coming to themoviefreakblog.com on 9/15 See more 07/06/2013 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. See more 08/21/2010 Another Chaplin short from 1914 See more 09/07/2009 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. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A janitor rescues a damsel in distress while stopping his corrupt boss from stealing money.
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Producer
Mack Sennett
Screenwriter
Charlie Chaplin
Production Co
Keystone Film Company
Genre
Comedy
Runtime
16m