
The Rounders(1914)
Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.


“Chaplin's finest 'Short'”
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.

Charlie Chaplin
Laborer

Phyllis Allen
His Wife

Mack Swain
Foreman

Edna Purviance
Foreman's Daughter

Syd 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
Pay Day is a comedy film released in 1922 exploring themes of saloon, sequel, black and white, bathtub, silent film, bricklayer. Directed by Charlie Chaplin, it stars Charlie Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain. A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
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