The Count

The Count

1916 · 24 min · ★ 6.3 · Comedy

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Written by Charlie Chaplin

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Charlie Chaplin Tailor's Apprentice
Edna Purviance Miss Moneybags
Eric Campbell The Tailor
Leo White Count Broko
Henry Bergman
Charlotte Mineau Mrs. Moneybags (uncredited)
James T. Kelley Butler (uncredited)
Eva Thatcher Cook (uncredited)
Albert Austin Guest (uncredited)
John Rand Guest (uncredited)
Loyal Underwood Guest (uncredited)
May White Guest (uncredited)

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