A Film Johnnie
AKA A Film Johnny and Film Johnny in the USA; Charlot fait du cinéma in France : [Movie Nut], [Million Dollar Job], [Charlie at the Studio]
(1914) American
B&W : One reel
Directed by George Nichols

Cast: Charles Chaplin [the film johnnie], Virginia Kirtley [the actress], Edgar Kennedy [the director], [?] Harry McCoy [the cameraman; the fire chief]?, Roscoe Arbuckle [himself], Mabel Normand [herself], Ford Sterling [himself], Henry Lehrman [himself]

Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by Craig Hutchinson. Cinematography by Frank D. Williams. / No copyright registration. Released 2 March 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: A Movie Bug. [?] Completed or shipped? on 11 February 1914. The film was rereleased in the USA as Film Johnny by Exhibitors Pictures Corporation in the 1930s. [?] Website-IMDb credits for Mack Sennett, Minta Durfee, Billy Gilbert and George Nichols appear to be erroneous.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Accidents - Actors: Film - Cameras: Motion-picture - Communication: Telephones - Fire: Firemen, Hoses, Smoke - Money - Motion-picture studios: Actors, Crew, Production, Sets - Street scenes - Tobacco: Cigarettes - Transportation: Automobiles - Water - Weapons: Guns

Listing updated: 30 March 2007.

References: Film viewing : Asplund-Chaplin p. ?; Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 250; Jacobs-Chaplin p. 135; Lahue-Kops p. 144; Lahue-Mack p. 294; Tarbox-Lost p. 197 : Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.