Pay Day
Chaplin's finest 'Short'
NR 1922 · 22 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
Directed by Charlie Chaplin · Written by Charlie Chaplin
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Cast
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Charlie Chaplin Laborer - P Phyllis Allen His Wife
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Mack Swain Foreman -
Edna Purviance Foreman's Daughter -
Sydney Chaplin Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner -
Albert Austin Workman -
John Rand Workman -
Loyal Underwood Workman -
Henry Bergman Drinking Companion -
Al Ernest Garcia Drinking Companion and Policeman - W Wyn Ritchie Evans Extra (uncredited)
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