As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff.
Acting
Chaplin's pre-Tramp physicality, all elbows and panic.
Direction
Co-directed chaos—Chaplin learning, not polished yet.
Director
Charlie Chaplin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chaplin slapped this together from abandoned 1915 footage and new scenes, making it a Frankenstein's monster of his own early career.
This 'lost' film was literally lost for decades—rediscovered in 1981, proving even Chaplin's throwaways became treasures.
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