Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen

Infobox Film
name = Behind the Screen


caption =
director = Charles Chaplin
Edward Brewer (technical director)
producer = Henry P. Caulfield
writer = Charles Chaplin (scenario)
Vincent Bryan (scenario)
Maverick Terrell (scenario)
starring = Charles Chaplin
Edna Purviance
Eric Campbell
music =
cinematography = Roland H. Totheroh
George C. Zalibra
editing = Charles Chaplin
distributor = Mutual Film Corporation
released = November 13, 1916
runtime = 15 minutes
country = USA
language = Silent film
English intertitles
budget =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0006414

"Behind the Screen" is a 1916 short film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin also starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance. In the film which takes place in a movie studio, Chaplin plays a stagehand named David while Campbell ("Goliath") plays his supervisor. Much of the film is slapstick comedy but other issues are also brought up such as a stagehand strike as well as a plotline in which Purviance, unable to become an actress, dresses as a man and becomes a stagehand. The film is silent.

The film is noted for having one of the first Hollywood gay jokes in it. After Chaplin learns that Purviance is really a woman, he kisses her while on the set. A male stagehand sees this and thinking that Chaplin has kissed a man, starts acting in an overtly effeminate way until Chaplin kicks him.

The documentary series "Unknown Chaplin" revealed previously unseen footage from this movie, including an alternate take where Purviance's character is shown playing a harp, an outtake in which Edna, playing the guitar, starts laughing (the documentary supports the belief that Purviance and Chaplin were romantically involved at the time), and several takes of a scene in which Chaplin's character narrowly misses having his feet chopped off by an axe (accomplished by filming the scene backwards) -- this scene was never used in the final film.

Cast

* Charles Chaplin - David (Goliath's assistant)
* Edna Purviance - The Girl
* Eric Campbell - Goliath (a stagehand)

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