Charlie Chaplin's directorial debut casts him as a man who interrupts people's makeout sessions in a park. There were no feature films by this point, so it makes sense that the movie has a simple plot. It was still going to be a few years before Chaplin started incorporating political issues into his movies. Chaplin's early movies were all about physical comedy, and he makes good use of that here. Co-star Edgar Kennedy (the lover) later played the lemonade vendor in "Duck Soup", while Chester Conklin (the pickpocket) played a mechanic in "Modern Times".
It must've been weird for Charlie Chaplin, how he went from being a boy growing up in an orphanage to being an international superstar.
It must've been weird for Charlie Chaplin, how he went from being a boy growing up in an orphanage to being an international superstar.