Pay Day

(1922)

Comedy / Silent

28 minutes

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

Cast:

Charlie Chaplin as Laborer
Phyllis Allen as His Wife
Mack Swain as Foreman
Edna Purviance as Foreman's Daughter
Syd Chaplin as Charlie's Friend and Lunch Cart Owner
Albert Austin as Workman
John Rand as Workman
Loyal Underwood as Workman
Henry Bergman as Drinking Companion
Al Ernest Garcia as Drinking Companion and Policeman

Charlie is an expert bricklayer. He has lots of fun and work and enjoys himself greatly while at the saloon. As he leaves work his wife takes the pay he has hidden in his hat. But he steals her purse so he can go out for the evening. He has a terrible time getting home on a very rainy night. When he does so he finds his wife waiting for him with a rolling pin.