Headline
Charlie Chaplin: Trousers Afire - Saved by Girl Partner
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1921-06-21
- Publication Year
1921
Page
3
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
Vanity Fair
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Actors
Mabel Ballin
Director
Hugo Ballin
Writer
Hugo Ballin
Country
USA
Released
1923-03-25
Runtime
80 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
Adventuress Becky Sharp lives by her wits and charm in an effort to ascend from humble backgrounds into society. She fails to lure Joseph Sedley, the brother of her chum Amelia, into ...
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Summary
Charlie Chaplin is lying in bed at Los Angeles swathed from head to foot in bandages soaked in oil, having had a narrow escape from burning to death. While at work in his studio his trousers caught fire. Miss Edna Purviance, and a studio helper who saved his life. The accident occurred during the filming of 'Vanity Fair.'
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