Chaplin Page #3

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At least say you'll wait for me.

I'll wait for you.

How long will you be in America?

I don't know exactly.

It depends if they like the drunk act.

If they throw things

I won't be gone long.

They won't throw things.

They'll think you're wonderful.

I think you're wonderful.

The funny thing is...

...you never mentioned love.

I don't have to, do I?

The number nine's in from Chicago.

Let's load up the steers.

Nickel.

Sit down.

Have you seen that English bloke?

Watch this.

I've seen it before.

A telegram came for you.

Show it again.

You've seen everything twice.

The one with the fire engine.

You'll love this one.

If any of them could act

they'd be on the stage.

Charlie, it's a telegram.

That can only mean somebody's died.

Some bloke's offered me

a job in California.

In the flickers!

The flickers aren't legit.

A hundred and fifty a week.

A hundred and fifty a week!

Watch your step.

Mack Sennett Studios

Hit him harder, Fred.

Harder.

Put some muscle into it.

This ain't a Sunday school picnic.

Ready when you are, Mr. Sennett.

Someone's in the shot.

Keep cranking. Still cranking!

Cut. Cut it! Jesus Christ!

Was it good till the dummies fell out?

How could I find Mr. Mack Sennett?

What the hell were you doing?

I'm afraid you just found him.

Hello, sir. I'm Charlie Chaplin.

You sent me a telegram.

Butte, Montana. You hired me

for a year, Mr. Sennett.

You're not Chaplin. Chaplin did

the best comedy drunk I ever saw.

I don't pay $100 a week to kids.

Another one, boss?

- No.

Mr. Sennett?

You might be Chaplin, after all.

And it was $150.

Plum in the middle of a shot.

You sure screwed it up, didn't you?

Fix it, will you, Rollie?

We don't print until we cut it.

That was negative, kid.

I know this is new to you

this is not an ancient industry.

It's all built around speed.

Start the story, the chase.

I get bored easy is why.

How much of Mabel? A couple of yards?

Yeah. No, try three.

But we don't sacrifice quality.

I only make two pictures a week.

I'll spend up to $1000 on each.

Well, Rollie?

Almost done.

Waste not, want not. That's my motto.

When Rollie's done, no one

will know you were there.

I'm rewinding.

You're on the cutting room floor.

Not the place to be.

Got it.

Forget everything you ever learned.

You're not in the theatre anymore.

That did it.

If you need me, I'll be with Mabel.

Nothing quite like it.

The feeling of film. But was it clear...

...how much the movies terrified me?

Not really. Why?

You must help me get that right.

I was right to be scared.

I was dreadful.

Sennett wished he'd never hired me.

I could barely keep control.

I would have been a total disaster

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