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The Rounders is a 1914 comedy short starring Charlie Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle. The film involves two drunks who get into trouble with their wives, and was written and directed by Chaplin.




Plot


A drunk reveller, Mr. Full, returns home to a scolding from his wife. Then his equally inebriated neighbor, Mr. Fuller, comes home and starts a fight with his wife. When Mrs. Full hears the physical altercation across the hall (Mr. Fuller starts strangling his wife after she hits him), she sends her husband to investigate. The two wives begin arguing, while Mr. Full and Mr. Fuller seize the opportunity to steal their wives’ money and flee together to a cafe, where they also cause trouble. When their spouses find them, they escape to a leaky rowboat on a pond. Safely out of reach of their wives and the victims of the commotion they caused, they fall asleep, oblivious to the rising water into which they eventually disappear.




Cast



Charlie Chaplin as Mr. Full
Roscoe Arbuckle as Mr. Fuller
Phyllis Allen as Mrs. Full
Minta Durfee as Mrs. Fuller
Al St. John as Bellhop/Waiter
Jess Dandy as Diner
Wallace MacDonald as Diner
Charley Chase as Diner
Billy Gilbert as Doorman in blackface (uncredited)
Cecile Arnold as Hotel guest (uncredited)
Dixie Chene as Diner (uncredited)
Edward F. Cline as Hotel guest in lobby (uncredited)
Ted Edwards as Cop (uncredited)
William Hauber as Waiter (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy in Bit Part (uncredited)




Title


Now somewhat antiquated, the term "rounder" was once commonly used to mean "a habitual drunkard or wastrel".




Reception


Moving Picture World wrote, "It is a rough picture for rough people, that people, whether rough or gentle, will probably have to laugh over while it is on the screen. Chas. Chapman [sic] and the Fat Boy appear in this as a couple of genial jags."




See also


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




References






External links



The Rounders at IMDb
The Rounders is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
The Rounders at the TCM Movie Database
The Rounders at AllMovie

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