Charles Chaplin, Virginia Kirtley, Alice Davenport

An out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. His rival i...( read more  read more... )s delayed when he gets caught in a woman's bedroom by her jealous husband. The swindler follows the distribution of the paper containing his 'scoop' around town where he is once again chased by the rival reporter. Both end up on the cow-catcher of a streetcar.

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Unrated, 15 min.

Directed by: Henry Lehrman

Release Date: February 2, 1914

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  • April 18, 2008
    Mediocre Chaplin, nothing to write home about
  • January 2, 2008
    This one was so fast moving.

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