A Day’s Pleasure (1919)

A Day’s Pleasure (1919)

“A Day’s Pleasure” is a 1919 silent comedy short film written and directed by Charles Chaplin.

A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.

Cast:

• Charlie Chaplin – Father
• Edna Purviance – Mother
• C. Allen – Jazz Musician
• Naomi Bailey – Boat Passenger
• Sallie Barr – Boat Passenger
• Henry Bergman – Captain/Man in Car/Heavy Policeman
• True Boardman – Boy on Boat
• James Bryson – Boat Passenger
• Bliss Chevalier – Woman on Street
• Jackie Coogan – Smallest Boy
• Dixie Doll – Girl on Boat
• Charles S. Drew – Boat Passenger
• Elmer Ellsworth – Boat Passenger/Chauffeur
• Marion Feducha – Small Boy
• Leroy Finnegan – Boat Passenger
• Mrs. Fowler – Boat Passenger
• Warren Gilbert – Boat Passenger/Chauffeur
• J.A. Irvin – Jazz Musician
• Bob Kelly – Small Boy
• Toraichi Kono – Chauffeur
• Raymond Lee – Boy on Boat
• Babe London – Large Husband’s Seasick Wife
• Nancy Mix – Boat Passenger
• Louise Muma – Boat Passenger
• Dorothy Oliver – Boat Passenger
• Alfred Reeves – Man on Street
• Charles Reisner – Man on Street
• Jean Riley – Boat Passenger
• Mrs. Roos – Boat Passenger
• Sylvia Sarto – Boat Passenger
• Elsie Sindora – Boat Passenger
• E. Sorral – Jazz Musician
• Arthur Thalasso – Boat Passenger
• California Truman – Old Woman on Street Corner
• Loyal Underwood – Sandwich Vendor on Boat/Angry Little Man in Street
• Joe Van Meter – Chauffeur
• Jessalyn Van Trump – Woman on Street Corner
• Virginia Ware – Woman on Street Corner
• John Williams – Jazz Musician
• Tom Wilson – Large Husband
• Tom Wood – Gangplank-Human with Baby Carriage
• Elsie Young – Boat Passenger
• K. Zimmerman – Boat Passenger

„Vergnügte Stunden“ (A Day’s Pleasure) ist ein Stummfilm-Kurzfilm aus dem Jahr 1919, bei dem Charles Chaplin sowohl das Drehbuch schrieb als auch die Regie führte.

Ein Vater unternimmt mit seiner Familie einen Ausflug, der sich als absurdes Abenteuer entpuppt.