The Bank

The Bank

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1915-08-09
Genre:Comedy
Duration:25 min
Director:Charlie Chaplin
Actors:Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Carl Stockdale, Charles Inslee, Leo White
Production:

Overview:

A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.

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