The Star Boarder
Overview
A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.
A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.
This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.