Year of release: 1916-1917
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy
Duration: 05:19:02 (~ 26 minutes x 12)
Translation: Subtitles
Original audio track: musical accompaniment
Subtitles: Russian ( 7ime 7raveller , Darleg ), English intertitles

Director: Charles Chaplin
Description:
In 1916, when Chaplin asked Essanay Studios for $ 150,000 in cash to sign a new contract, Essanay did not. Then Chaplin went to his brother Sydney, who considered all received job offers from other film companies. The most favorable conditions were offered by Mutual.

And then the solemn signing of the contract followed. Charlie Chaplin was photographed upon receipt of the check. He was standing in the crowd in Times Square that evening when the letters ran on the lights of the Times Square building: "Chaplin signs a contract with Mutual for $ 670,000 a year."
“During this time, such changes have occurred in my life that I have already lost the ability to worry,” said the artist.

Chaplin's first film, Department Store Controller, shot at Mutual (here Charlie is a department store employee) was a big hit. Soon, he got involved in work and every month released one comedy in two parts: "Fireman", "Wanderer", "At one in the morning", "The Count", "The Moneylender's Shop", "Behind the Screen" ...

“Perhaps the work in“ Mutual ”was the happiest period of my creative life,” the actor wrote. - I was twenty-seven years old, I was not burdened with any worries, and the future promised to be fabulous. Soon I was supposed to be a millionaire - it all sounded a little like nonsense. Money flowed like a river ... Undoubtedly, success changes everything in a person's life. When I was introduced to someone, the new interlocutor invariably looked at me with great interest. Although I was only an upstart, my opinion took on a lot of weight. "