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The Professor

1919 · 7 min

A brief, playful silent comedy sketch full of slapstick chaos and gentle absurdity.

Overview
Professor Bosco, a poor flea trainer, rents a bed in a flophouse. Before going to bed, he rallies his troops and once he has made sure his beloved fleas are settled for the night, the professor prepares to sleep the sleep of the just man. Unfortunately he accidentally knocks the box off his bed and the fleas have the time of their lives pestering Bosco's neighbors. To get the escapees back in their box again, the trainer resorts to... his whip! All is back to normal one more time. But not for long, as a stray dog enters the flophouse and very unwisely opens the box, thus creating new havoc.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
background-friendly, 1 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • isolation
  • survival
Places
  • home
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour8
Realism5
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity2
Emotional weight2

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Details

Genres
comedy
Directed by
Charlie Chaplin
Starring
Charlie Chaplin, Albert Austin, Henry Bergman, Loyal Underwood, Tom Wilson, Tom Wood
Runtime
7 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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