The Fireman Summary
Director: Charles Chaplin
Genres: Comedy Drama
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The second of Charles_Chaplin's Mutual two-reelers, The Fireman is virtually wall-to-wall slapstick. Chaplin is an earnest but inept member of a ramshackle small town fire department. His boss, Eric_Campbell, has entered into an unhanded deal with the wealthy father of heroine Edna_Purviance; the father plans to burn down his house for the insurance and split the settlement with Campbell, provided that the latter does not attempt to extinguish the blaze. Chaplin, of course, knows nothing about this set-up, and when the house catches fire, he rushes to the rescue. And a darn good thing too: Purviance, also unaware of her dad's machinations, is in the house at the time it is torched. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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