Lee Eisenberg
Like many of Charlie Chaplin's early movies, "One A.M." emphasizes the physical humor. The man known as the Tramp plays a drunk who arrives home in the wee hours only to experience all manner of trouble getting inside and then getting in bed. This movie has a slightly more complex plot than Chaplin's very early movies, but he was still a few years away from using his movies to focus on social issues. In the meantime, you're sure to enjoy his gags as he attempts to climb the stairs and then open his Murphy bed.PS: Cinematographer Roland Totheroh got played by David Duchovny in Richard Attenborough's "Chaplin".
RainDogJr
This one is a good Chaplin short film however not extremely good. The situation is really simple and really great and Chaplin manages to make it very entertaining. We have a drunken -wealthy- Chaplin who will watch a moving house and who will have some complications after a nights of drinks and of course before he can be finally resting. Chaplin is alone this time, once we don't watch any more the taxi driver that left him in his house and that is played by Albert Austin, and of course he is capable of anything, practically his character is enough to make very difficult the way to bed to himself!One of the moments that in my humble opinion is one of the funniest things of this short film happens pretty soon. Picture this: drunken Chaplin arrives home and he can't find his keys however he manages to enter to his house by the window. Once there he finally finds his keys so he goes out, again by the window, to finally open the door to enter to his house!!! After that hilarious moment drunken Chaplin finds many obstacles and some of these situations are also really funny. Basically anything will cause a problem to drunken Chaplin (the stairs, his bed, etc.) but eventually he manages to be in peace to finally sleep, after all it seems that the bathtub can be as comfortable as a bed! Finally, 8.5 out of 10.
deepcheck
This short film numbers among Chaplin's best, and is a stunning example of his skill as a silent physical comedic actor. However, one has to enjoy silent, completely non-verbal, comedy in the first place. While I laughed almost non-stop through this entire film, close friends of mine, who were not entertained by Chaplin's physical gaffes, quickly lost interest.
anotherspaceman
The only way you can tell this film is meant to be a comedy, is that it is done in the style of a comedy. Continuity errors become all the more obvious when there is nothing funny to laugh at.
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