Enjoyable hours
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Enjoyable hours |
| Original title | A Day's Pleasure |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1919 |
| length | 18 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Charles Chaplin |
| script | Charles Chaplin |
| production | Charles Chaplin |
| camera | Roland Totheroh |
| cut | Charles Chaplin |
| occupation | |
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Hours of pleasure (Original title: A Day's Pleasure ) is an American comedy film directed by Charles Chaplin from 1919 .
action
A family of four with two little boys are going on a day trip. The first problems arise as soon as the car is cranked, but they reach their boat trip on time. The ship is equipped with a dance band. With the strong rocking movements of the ship, however, the couples on the dance deck get confused, others get sick.
The excursion is anything but enjoyable for most passengers due to seasickness. The father struggles unsuccessfully to set up a deck chair and clashes with a tall man who thinks he has approached his seasick wife.
After the boat trip, the father repeatedly disregards the regulations of the traffic policeman at a traffic crossing and gets into an argument with passers-by. On several occasions, his onward journey there is hindered by other road users until he uses the resulting chaos for himself and can drive home.
background
A Day's Pleasure was Chaplin's fourth film for First National . It only served to fulfill the contract; Chaplin had already decided in early 1919 for a different distribution channel with Douglas Fairbanks , Mary Pickford and David Wark Griffith as United Artists . The film was made in Chaplin's studio, which serves as the background in the first scene, and was released on December 7, 1919. Jackie Coogan , the star in Chaplin's next film The Kid , made his film debut here.
Reviews
In its review of December 8, 1919, the New York Times wrote that Chaplin used a lot of classic slapstick , but relied too much on seasickness, a Ford car and crash-thump slapstick in his comedy, which hardly makes him funnier than others Film comedian.
Web links
- Happy hours in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ quoted from Wolfram Tichy in Charlie Chaplin, Rowohlt Verlag, 1974, p. 69
- ↑ http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=&title2=Day's%20Pleasure,%20A&reviewer=&v_id=61918&pdate=19191208 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
