| Title |
Behind the Screen |
| Year |
1916 |
| Rated |
TV-G |
| Released |
13 Nov 1916 |
| Runtime |
30 min |
| Genre |
Short, Comedy, Romance
|
| Director |
Charles Chaplin |
| Writer |
Vincent Bryan, Charles Chaplin, Maverick Terrell |
| Actors |
Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell |
| Plot |
Three movies are being shot simultaneously and Charlie is an overworked scene shifter. The foreman is waited on hand and foot until all the shifters but Charlie go on strike. A girl looking for work pretends to be a man and helps Charlie. Charlie discovers her gender and falls in love with her. The foreman thinks they are homosexual and in the ensuing fight they become involved in a long pie throwing scene from one of the movies in production. The frustrated workers dynamite the studio. |
| Language |
None, English |
| Country |
United States |
| Awards |
N/A |
| Metascore |
N/A |
| IMDb Rating |
6.9 |
| IMDb Votes |
3,173 |
| IMDb ID |
tt0006414 |
| Type |
movie |
| DVD |
N/A |
| Box Office |
N/A |
| Production |
N/A |
| Website |
N/A |
