Behind the Screen

Name: Behind the Screen
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Released: 1916-11-13
Duration: 24 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Tom Wood

1916·Comedy·24m

7.1

★

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

movie business

slapstick comedy

falling in love

silent film

labor strike

movie studio

property man

tyrannical boss

short film

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Cast

Charlie Chaplin

David - Property Man's Assistant

Eric Campbell

Goliath - Property Man

Edna Purviance

Aspiring Actress

Henry Bergman

Director of Historical Film

Wesley Ruggles

Actor (uncredited)

Charlotte Mineau

Actress (uncredited)

Frank J. Coleman

Assistant Director (uncredited)

James T. Kelley

Cameraman (uncredited)

Lloyd Bacon

Director of Comical Film (uncredited)

Albert Austin

Stagehand (uncredited)

John Rand

Stagehand (uncredited)

Leo White

Stagehand (uncredited)

Crew

Charlie Chaplin

Director

Charlie Chaplin

Screenplay

Charlie Chaplin

Editor

Charlie Chaplin

Producer

Popular Reviews

24 reviews

My Name

7.0★ · 06/21/26

This was lowkey goin crazy.

Excel

6.0★ · 04/18/26

There’s pie in this one

Charlie Chaplin

Ufuk

7.0★ · 03/27/26

Charlir Chaplin #17

Sarah

Watched for the Anti-Criterion Challenge 2026: https://letterboxd.com/that1oboist/list/the-anti-criterion-challenge-2026/

22/52: Referenced in either the 1996 documentary The Celluloid Closet or referenced in the book by Vito Russo

Curtis Cooper

7.0★ · 03/26/25

meta, love it