The Star Boarder (1914 film)

The Star Boarder
File:The Star Boarder.jpg scene from film
Directed by	George Nichols
Produced by	Mack Sennett
Written by	Craig Hutchinson
Starring	Charles Chaplin Minta Durfee Edgar Kennedy Gordon Griffith Alice Davenport
Cinematography	Frank D. Williams
Distributed by	Keystone Studios
Release dates	April 4, 1914 (1914-04-04)
Running time	16 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English (Original titles)

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The Star Boarder

The Star Boarder is a 1914 American short comedy film starring Charlie Chaplin.

The film is also known as The Landlady's Pet, its 1918 American reissue title.

Synopsis

Chaplin is the favorite of his landlady, and the other boarders are jealous.

Cast

• Charles Chaplin as The Star Boarder
• Minta Durfee as Landlady
• Edgar Kennedy as Landlady's husband
• Gordon Griffith as Their son
• Alice Davenport as Landlady's friend
• Phyllis Allen (uncredited boarder)
• Jess Dandy (uncredited boarder)
• Billy Gilbert (uncredited boarder)
• Wallace MacDonald (uncredited boarder)
• Harry McCoy (uncredited boarder)
• Rube Miller (uncredited boarder)
• Lee Morris (uncredited boarder)
• William Nigh (uncredited boarder)
• Al St. John (uncredited boarder)

Reception

Like many American films of the time, The Star Boarder was subject to restrictions and cuts by city and state film censorship boards. For example, the Chicago Board of Censors required, when the film was submitted for review for its 1918 reissue as The Landlady's Pet, cuts of Chaplin thumbing his nose and the scene of Chaplin inflating his trousers and looking into them.

See also

• List of American films of 1914
• Charlie Chaplin filmography

External links

• The short film The Star Boarder is available for free download at the Internet Archive.
• The Star Boarder at IMDb
• The Star Boarder on YouTube