His Prehistoric Past

His Prehistoric Past
A scene from the film
Directed by	Charlie Chaplin
Produced by	Mack Sennett
Written by	Charlie Chaplin
Starring	Charlie Chaplin Mack Swain Sydney Chaplin
Cinematography	Frank D. Williams
Distributed by	Keystone Studios
Release dates	December 7, 1914 (1914-12-07)
Running time	21 minutes, 49 seconds (two reels)
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English

His Prehistoric Past

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His Prehistoric Past is a 1914 American short silent comedy film, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, featuring a Chaplin in a stone-age kingdom trying to usurp the crown of King Low-Brow to win the affections of the king's favorite wife. The film was Chaplin's last at Keystone Studios.

Synopsis

Set in the stone age, King Low-Brow rules the land and a harem of wives. When Charlie arrives in this land (where every man has one thousand wives), he falls in love with the King's favorite wife. When the King falls over a cliff, he is presumed dead and Charlie crowns himself King. The King, however, is not dead and comes back and bashes Charlie over the head with a rock. It turns out it was a dream and a police man bashed Charlie over the head with his club because he was sleeping in the park.

Cast

Charlie Chaplin as Weak-Chin
Mack Swain as King Low-Brow
Fritz Schade as Ku-Ku aka Cleo, Medicine Man
Cecile Arnold as Cavewoman
Al St. John as Caveman
Sydney Chaplin as Policeman
Gene Marsh as Sum-Babee, Low-Brow's Favorite Water Maiden

References

External links

His Prehistoric Past at the Internet Movie Database
His Prehistoric Past is available for free download at the Internet Archive
His Prehistoric Past on YouTube

Films directed by Charlie Chaplin

Keystone Studios (1914)	Twenty Minutes of Love Caught in the Rain A Busy Day Her Friend the Bandit Mabel's Married Life Laughing Gas The Face on the Bar Room Floor Recreation The Masquerader His New Profession The Rounders The Property Man The New Janitor Those Love Pangs Dough and Dynamite Gentlemen of Nerve His Musical Career His Trysting Place Getting Acquainted His Prehistoric Past

Essanay Studios (1915)	His New Job A Night Out The Champion In the Park A Jitney Elopement The Tramp By the Sea His Regeneration Work A Woman The Bank Shanghaied A Night in the Show A Burlesque on Carmen Police Triple Trouble

Mutual Film Corp (1916–17)	The Floorwalker The Fireman The Vagabond One A.M. The Count The Pawnshop Behind the Screen The Rink Easy Street The Cure The Immigrant The Adventurer

First National (1918–23)	A Dog's Life The Bond Shoulder Arms Sunnyside A Day's Pleasure The Professor The Kid The Idle Class Pay Day The Pilgrim

United Artists (1923–52)	A Woman of Paris The Gold Rush The Circus City Lights Modern Times The Great Dictator Monsieur Verdoux Limelight

Later productions	A King in New York A Countess from Hong Kong

See also	The Chaplin Revue The Freak

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