The Fireman (1916) - Charlie

The Fireman (1916) - Charlie

Charlie is a fireman who always does everything wrong. A man talks the Fire Chief into ignoring his burning home (he wants the insurance money) unaware that his daughter (the love of the Chief) is upstairs in the house. When the house next door catches fire its owner rouses Charlie who rouses the force.

The Fireman is the second film Charlie Chaplin created for Mutual Film Corporation in 1916, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd Bacon.

Directors: Charlie Chaplin, Edward Brewer
Producers: Charlie Chaplin, Henry P. Caulfield
Screenplay: Charlie Chaplin, Vincent P. Bryan, Maverick Terrell
Cinematography: Roland Totheroh, William C. Foster