April 2, 2014

PAY DAY, released April 2nd, 1922

Charlie used reverse photography for the bricklaying sequence.
The great Phyllis Allen plays Charlie's battle-ax wife.
A drunken night out. Syd Chaplin is on the left. 
Charlie's use of artificial lighting for the nighttime street car scene
 was sophisticated for the time.

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