The Rink **** (1916, Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, James T Kelley) – Classic Movie Review 2539

One of Charles Chaplin’s cleverest, most amusing shorts, with the star showing the most amazing balletic skill on the roller-skating rink.

Chaplin plays a bumbling waiter who causing causes chaos at work in his v and then passes his lunch break on roller skates, defending his girlfriend (Edna Purviance)’s reputation at the local roller-skating rink when Mr Stout (Eric Campbell) makes advances towards the unwilling Edna.

After a roller skate ballet, waiter Chaplin, now posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer, is invited to a party at Edna’s.

Also in the cast are James T Kelley, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin and Leota Bryan.

© Derek Winnert 2015 Classic Movie Review 2539

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