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The Masquerader is a 1914 film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin during his time at Keystone Studios. This film stars Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle and has a running time of 13 minutes. It is the tenth film directed by Chaplin.




Plot


The film revolves around making films at Keystone Studios. Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked off the studio. The next day a strange, beautiful woman appears to audition for the film - it's Charlie in disguise. After doing a perfect impersonation of a female, Charlie has drawn the attention of the director who hires the new "actress" for his films. The director gives the beautiful woman the men's dressing room to change in. While there, Charlie returns to his tramp costume. When the director returns looking for the woman, he finds Charlie and realizes he has been tricked. Angry, the director chases Charlie through the studio until Charlie decides to jump into what he thinks is a prop well. The film ends with the director and other actors laughing at Charlie as he is trapped in the bottom of a real well. The plot involving a man dressing up as a woman was quite popular in silent movies.




Reception


A reviewer from Bioscope wrote, "Here we have Mr. Chaplin rehearsing for a cinematograph production, in which he gives a really remarkable female impersonation. The makeup is no less successful than the characterization, and it is further proof of Mr. Chaplin's undoubted versatility."




Cast


Charlie Chaplin - Film actor
Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Film actor
Chester Conklin - Film actor
Charles Murray - Film director
Jess Dandy - Actor/villain
Minta Durfee - Leading lady
Cecile Arnold - Actress
Vivian Edwards - Actress
Harry McCoy - Actor
Charley Chase - Actor
Frank Opperman - Actor




See also


List of American films of 1914
Charlie Chaplin filmography
Fatty Arbuckle filmography




References






External links


The Masquerader at IMDb
The Masquerader on YouTube
The Masquerader is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
The Masquerader on RetroFlix

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