Pay Day (1922 film) genre social comedy film
Pay Day (1922) is an American short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in the film. It is Chaplin's final two-reel short film.Plot
Chaplin plays a laborer on a house construction site. When he gets paid, his wife wants all the money, but he manages to keep enough of it to go out drinking. He returns home just in time to pretend he has just woken up to go to work.Cast
Charlie Chaplin as Laborer
Phyllis Allen as Laborer's Wife
Mack Swain as Foreman
Edna Purviance as Foreman's Daughter
Syd Chaplin as Mustachioed Workman / Laborer's Friend / Lunch Cart Owner
John Rand as Workman
Loyal Underwood as Bearded Workman
Henry Bergman as Fat Workman
Al Ernest Garcia as Tall Workman / Policeman
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