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A man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.A man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.A man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.
Billy Armstrong
- Father's Friend
- (uncredited)
Marta Golden
- Her Mother
- (uncredited)
Charles Inslee
- Her Father
- (uncredited)
Edna Purviance
- Daughter of the House
- (uncredited)
Margie Reiger
- Father's Lady Friend
- (uncredited)
Jess Robbins
- Soda Vendor
- (uncredited)
Leo White
- Idler in the Park
- (uncredited)
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This is one of the most interesting firsts film of Chaplin. In reality, the plot is similar to all the other short films of the great Charlot, with a narrative construction that's just a pretext to generate all kind of gags, mostly based on body and slapstick sketches. But here we can see also Chaplin act as a woman and his ability to understand all the movements and cliché of a comedian mask: if you have never seen this movie and you watch just the scene of woman version Chaplin, you can't recognize him, that looks also really cute! One of the proves of Chaplin acting abilities.
He is a such good actor.He make you laugh till got tears in your eyes for laugh so hard.Take sip of a guy drink and spit it out. Take the father from his cane push in the water and the other guy is in the water. When he goes with the ladies goes outside with no pants and try to find a place to get away goes upstairs put on a dress,shave his moustache and prissy around and the father pull the skirt off of Charlie. You can see what Charlie look like without his moustache and he look handsome without the moustache.That all of I knew of Charlie with his moustache big shoes and baggy pants, derby hat.The way he run and try to turn the corner he hop on one foot the other one is up.
Let's be serious, it's not funny, I did not laugh. Chaplin is the same as in all his short films, before his great masterpieces. It is charming, indeed, but all we see are the same "gags", a lot of kicks in the ass, hat-pins that are also stuffed in the ass, again and again. Grimaces, exaggerated gestures and punches galore. The end!
While much of this is fairly simple comedy, it's interesting and worth watching for a couple of reasons. The first half is a slapstick sequence that could have come from any number of Chaplin's early short features, but it is a little better than average for knockabout slapstick, because the timing is generally pretty good and the situation is developed enough to make it amusing. The second half, for which the movie is better known, focuses on Charlie's appearance as "A Woman", and it is carried off pretty well. Unlike many such sequences, it doesn't try to get more out of the situation than is there, so it works pretty well. Overall, this movie is a little better than average among Chaplin's earlier short comedies.
The king of comedy Charles Chaplin is hilarious in this 1915 silent short comedy.Once again Charlie gets in trouble.He is chased by two men and they go in a house.Chaplin goes upstairs as a man and comes down as a woman.And the chasers find him very attractive.Edna Purviance finds this situation very amusing.Man as a woman has been seen very many times in movies and many times it's funny.Chape certainly proves it in this movie.Chaplin makes a perfect lady.This movie is 20 minutes of fun.A Woman is a very lovable comedy flick from the master.I recommend it for everybody who likes to see Chaplin as a woman.And this was made long before Tootsie.
Did you know
- TriviaThis is the last time Chaplin appears on screen without a mustache (because he is in drag), until Limelight (1952).
- ConnectionsEdited into Chase Me Charlie (1918)
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- Also known as
- Charlie the Perfect Lady
- Filming locations
- Lincoln Park, Los Angeles, California, USA(Eastlake Park)
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- Runtime
- 26m
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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