His Prehistoric Past

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His Prehistoric Past
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Produced by Mack Sennett
Written by Charlie Chaplin
Starring Charles Chaplin
Mack Swain
Gene Marsh
Fritz Schade
Cecile Arnold
Al St. John
Cinematography Frank D. Williams
Distributed by Keystone Studios
Release date(s) 7 December 1914
Running time 10 minutes
Country Flag of the United States United States
Language Silent film
English (Original titles)
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His Prehistoric Past is a short movie written by and directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1914. He also stars in this short.

[edit] Synopsis

Set in the stone age, King Low-Brow rules the land and a harem of wives. When Charlie arrives in this land (where every man has one thousand wives), he falls in love with the King's favorite wife. When the King falls over a cliff, he is presumed dead and Charlie crowns himself King. The King, however, is not dead and comes back and bashes Charlie over the head with a rock. It turns out it was a dream and a police man bashed Charlie over the head with his club because he was sleeping in the park.

[edit] Cast

  • Charles Chaplin - Weakchin
  • Mack Swain - King Lowbrow
  • Gene Marsh - Sum-Babee, Lowbrow's Favorite Water Maiden
  • Fritz Schade - Sum-Babee, Lowbrow's Favorite Water Maiden
  • Cecile Arnold - Cavewoman
  • Al St. John - Caveman

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