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A Busy Day is a 1914 short film starring Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain.

Plot:

In A Busy Day, a wife (played by an energetic Charlie Chaplin) becomes jealous of her husband's interest in another woman during a military parade. On her way to attack the couple, the wife interrupts the set of a film, knocking over a film director and a police officer. Finally, the husband pushes the wife off of a pier and she falls into the harbor. The film contains a judicious amount of kicking and slapping.

Cast:

Charles Chaplin as Wife
Mack Swain as Husband
Phyllis Allen as The Other Woman
Mack Sennett as Film director
Billy Gilbert as Police offic

Directed by Mack Sennett
Produced by Mack Sennett
Starring Charlie Chaplin
Cinematography Frank D. Williams
Distributed by Keystone Studios
Mutual Film
Release dates May 7, 1914
Running time 6 minutes
Country United States
Language English

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