The Rink
Directed by Charles Chaplin • 1916 • United States
In this two-reel delight, Charlie Chaplin’s havoc-wreaking Little Tramp serves up mayhem while working as a waiter in a posh restaurant (witness his unique, full-body cocktail-mixing skills). However, it’s not until he straps on a pair of skates and hits the roller rink that he truly shines in a sublime display of his balletically graceful slapstick style.
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The Rink
Directed by Charles Chaplin • 1916 • United States
THE RINK, the eighth of twelve films Charlie Chaplin made for the Mutual Film Corporation, premiered in December 1916. In this popular two-reeler, Chaplin, as the Tramp, plays a waiter with unique tableside skills. It’s at the roller-skating rin...
