After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
Stunts
Chaplin's actual skating skills are genuinely impressive.
Costume
The baggy pants + rollerskates = comedy physics.
Direction
Chaplin directs himself with surgical timing.
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chaplin was an avid roller skater in real life; this short let him show off legitimate athletic skill disguised as clumsiness.
Released during WWI, this frothy 30-minute escape was exactly what exhausted audiences needed — the cinematic equivalent of a lunch break.
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