The Rounders (1914) Directed By Charlie Chaplin

Stagger into a tipsy tumble with The Rounders (1914) Directed By Charlie Chaplin, a rollicking Keystone Comedy that uncorks Charlie Chaplin’s silent genius in a mid-century archival pour. Released in 1914, this one-reel riot bubbles—Chaplin, dapper yet dazed, sways as a boozy gent, tie askew, cane flailing, paired with Fatty Arbuckle’s equally soused sidekick. The camera reels—barroom brawls erupt, tables topple, a wife’s broom chases them into a lake’s dunking finale—all in flickery black-and-white chaos. Chaplin’s finesse shines—stumbles turn to dance, hiccups to hilarity—a mid-20th-century lens on a 1914 spree of pratfalls and punchlines. A toast to early cinema’s madcap mirth, Archival Moments revives this soused saga—subscribe to reel through more from the barstools of history!