The Pawnshop


The Pawnshop was Charlie Chaplins sixth film for Mutual Film Corporation. Released on October 2, 1916, it stars Chaplin in the role of assistant to the pawnshop owner, played by Henry Bergman. Edna Purviance plays the owners daughter, while Albert Austin appears as an alarm clock owner who watches Chaplin in dismay as he dismantles the clock the massive Eric Campbells character attempts to rob the shop.

Chaplin plays an assistant in a pawnshop run by Bergman. He engages in a slapstick battles with his fellow pawnshop assistant, deals with eccentric customers, and flirts with the pawnbrokers daughter.One customer, posing as a jewelry buyer, pulls a gun and tries to rob the place. Chaplin disarms him. ........

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