Directing

Jess Robbins

Born April 29, 1886 · Dayton, Ohio, USA

Died March 11, 1973 · aged 86

No biography available.

Known For

The TrampThe Tramp · 1915
The Tramp
★ 6.51915
MovieComedy
The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.
A WomanA Woman · 1915
A Woman
★ 6.11915
MovieComedy
Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for Charlie and invite him for dinner. The father returns home with a friend. Charlie rushes upstairs and dresses like a woman, shaving his mustache. Both men fall for Charlie.
ShanghaiedShanghaied · 1915
Shanghaied
★ 6.01915
MovieComedy
A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.
A Burlesque on CarmenA Burlesque on Carmen · 1915
A Burlesque on Carmen
★ 5.81915
MovieComedy
A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
A Night in the ShowA Night in the Show · 1915
A Night in the Show
★ 6.21915
MovieComedy
Two disruptive theater patrons, the wealthy drunk Mr. Pest (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the rowdy working-class Mr. Rowdy (also played by Chaplin), attend a live vaudeville theater production. Their constant antics, seat-hopping, and physical altercations quickly overshadow the acts on stage and plunge the entire theater into absolutely hilarious chaos.
The BankThe Bank · 1915
The Bank
★ 6.31915
MovieComedy
A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.
PolicePolice · 1916
Police
★ 6.31916
MovieComedy
Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.
A Jitney ElopementA Jitney Elopement · 1915
A Jitney Elopement
★ 5.81915
MovieComedy
Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.

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