Pay Day

Great short film which may be divided in two quite different parts: the first of them, on Charlie's job in construction industry, has hilarious situations both of him working (the bricks were amazing!) and eating; the latest part shows his long way back home and therr, also with good drunkness and marriage gags. Here, the public transport scenes may be highlighted. It is a comedy on working class, one of the best political silent films with Chaplin.

Despite the remarks of the other commenter on this movie, I see no resemblance to the Chaplin film of the same name except for the title. This is not a comedy about how Ko-ko hides his pay envelope from his wife, but how Ko-ko wants to get paid like everyone else at the office. "Only people who work get paid" says Max and draws Koko a scene where he can make little ones out of the big ones..... but burglars appear, both in the cartoon and live action world.

Is it my imagination or do I see a lot of tension between the Fleischer brother in this movie? Max was the creator and co-star.... but Dave was the model for Ko-ko and the director. When the studio collapsed, two dozen years later, it was because the two of them were no longer on speaking terms. Were they already fighting when this was made?