A Night Out | |
Editing: | Charlie Chaplin |
Distributor: | Essanay Studios General Film Company |
Runtime: | 33 minutes |
Language: | Silent film English (original intertitles) |
Country: | United States |
A Night Out is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy short. It was Chaplin's first film with Edna Purviance, who would continue as his leading lady for the following eight years. It was also Chaplin's first film with Essanay Film Company in Niles, California. Chaplin's first Essanay film, His New Job, was made in the Chicago studio, after which he moved to Niles Studios. He found Purviance in San Francisco when he was searching for a leading lady for his films. A Night Out also stars Ben Turpin, Leo White and Bud Jamison.
Some exterior scenes take place in front of still-existing buildings in Oakland, such as the Peralta Apartments on 13th Street, the Sierra Apartments on Alice Street, and the Hotel Oakland on Harrison Street.[1]