The Count

(1916)

34 minutes.

Directed by Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, and Eric Campbell

Film / Comedy / Silent

Charlie burns a count's trousers while ironing them and is fired. The tailor finds an invitation to dinner at Miss Moneybags and goes in place of the count. Charlie goes to the kitchen of the same house; he is attracted to the cook, and so are the butler and a policeman.