A series of adventures happen to "Charlie" as he visits the Sydney Royal Easter Show: he chases a couple of larrikins who have picked the pocket of a man visiting the show, encounters various side-show acts, fights a boxing lady, meets a confidence man, and chases girls. The movie ends with a chance and Charlie driving off with a couple in a motor car.[4]
Productionedit
The movie was shot at the Sydney show. It contains the first film appearance of Arthur Tauchert, who was almost killed in an accident during filming.[5]
Receptionedit
The critic from Punch praised the film saying:
Mr. Gavin had unearthed a comedian of undoubted talent, who, with only slightly more experience in "Movie" acting, will soon eclipse the majority of the efforts, of comedians playing in imported films, and even aspire to be the equal of the great Charlie Chaplin himself. Mr. Gavin is to be congratulated on giving the public a decided novelty in films, and also on the extraordinarily heavy bookings he had already received for the exhibition of the picture in the N.S.W. shows. The scenario... contains many humorous situations... whilst the photo graphy... is quite equal to anything yet screened in Sydney.[6]
Referencesedit
^"Advertising". The Sydney Morning Herald. 17 May 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 13 September 2013 – via National Library of Australia.
^'Australian Chaplin Impersonator' at SilentComedians.com
charlie, sydney, show, 1916, australian, short, film, starring, charlie, chaplin, impersonator, vockler, directed, byjohn, gavinwritten, byagnes, gavinstarringern, vocklerarthur, tauchertcinematographyalf, moultonrelease, date20, 1916, 1916, running, time25, m. Charlie at the Sydney Show is a 1916 Australian short film starring Charlie Chaplin impersonator Ern Vockler 2 Charlie at the Sydney ShowDirected byJohn GavinWritten byAgnes GavinStarringErn VocklerArthur TauchertCinematographyAlf MoultonRelease date20 May 1916 1916 05 20 1 Running time25 minutesCountryAustraliaLanguageSilent filmUnlike many Australian films from the silent era a copy of this survives almost in its entirety 3 Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Reception 4 References 5 External linksPlot editA series of adventures happen to Charlie as he visits the Sydney Royal Easter Show he chases a couple of larrikins who have picked the pocket of a man visiting the show encounters various side show acts fights a boxing lady meets a confidence man and chases girls The movie ends with a chance and Charlie driving off with a couple in a motor car 4 Production editThe movie was shot at the Sydney show It contains the first film appearance of Arthur Tauchert who was almost killed in an accident during filming 5 Reception editThe critic from Punch praised the film saying Mr Gavin had unearthed a comedian of undoubted talent who with only slightly more experience in Movie acting will soon eclipse the majority of the efforts of comedians playing in imported films and even aspire to be the equal of the great Charlie Chaplin himself Mr Gavin is to be congratulated on giving the public a decided novelty in films and also on the extraordinarily heavy bookings he had already received for the exhibition of the picture in the N S W shows The scenario contains many humorous situations whilst the photo graphy is quite equal to anything yet screened in Sydney 6 References edit Advertising The Sydney Morning Herald 17 May 1916 p 2 Retrieved 13 September 2013 via National Library of Australia Australian Chaplin Impersonator at SilentComedians com Id 3A9133 querytype rec 0 resCount 10 Charlie at the Sydney Show permanent dead link at National Film and Sound Archive Advertising The Brisbane Courier 28 July 1916 p 1 Retrieved 24 February 2012 via National Library of Australia Arthur Tauchert at Australian Variety Theatre Archive THE MOVIES Punch Melbourne 18 May 1916 p 11 Retrieved 13 September 2013 via National Library of Australia External links editCharlie at the Sydney Show at IMDb nbsp This article related to an Australian silent film is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Charlie at the Sydney Show amp oldid 1100662326, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
