A Night in the Show

Mr Pest in the stalls and Mr Rowdy in the gallery, both of them Chaplin, wreck a variety bill from two directions at once, with a harem dancer, a fire-eater and a hose caught in between. It is his old Karno act, Mumming Birds, put on film; he had been playing the drunk in the box since 1910 and knew every beat, and the two performances play against each other. Essanay, 1915, two reels.