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slapstick comedy black and white maid explosion silent film cuckold gas leak short film

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Release Date: June 21, 1915

Year	:	1915
Slogan	:	«»
Genres	:	Comedy
Production Companies	:	The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Director	:	Charlie Chaplin
Producers	:	Jess Robbins
Writers	:	Charlie Chaplin
RunTime	:	28 mins.

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.