- Year :
- 1914
- Cast :
- Production :
- Keystone
- Description :
- Charlie and Chester Conklin are rivals in the attention of any woman they happen to see together, whether it be their landlady or an attractive woman at the local park. Disheartened by his failure with women, Charlie attempts suicide by jumping into a lake; a cop prevents him and he quickly galvanizes himself into action in his sexual rivalry with Chester. Chester, enjoying the attention of two ladies, is knocked cold by Charlie and follows the two women (who give the suggestion of being prostitutes) to a nickelodeon. Charlie enjoys himself seated between the two women, but Chester and another man send him flying through the movie screen. According to Mack Sennett, Chaplin began Those Love Pangs with little more than the idea of the on-screen rivalry of Charlie and Chester in pursuit of their landlady. Chaplin developed the idea of the two men working at a café/bakery. This suggested so much fine comedy material it grew into the two-reel comedy Dough and Dynamite, leaving Those Love Pangs as a poor deviation of A Star Boarder, a park comedy similar to Twenty Minutes of Love, and ending with the nickelodeon sequence with the flavor of A Film Johnnie. Nevertheless, Chaplin’s performance touches make the film notable. He uses his walking stick as an extension of himself (the hook of the cane pulls Chester along and sends a man into a lake.) Chaplin also transforms the bamboo cane to both clean his nails and serve as toothpick. Chaplin makes an art of drop-kicking a cigarette with the bottom of his boot at Keystone; an excellent example appears in this film. Best of all is how Charlie at the nickelodeon—his arms around the two women—uses his feet to further flirt with animated ecstasy. Finished and shipped: September 19, 1914 Released: October 10, 1914 Scenario: Charles Chaplin Producer: Mack Sennett Director: Charles Chaplin Length: One reel
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