Caught in a Cabaret - 1914

Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 27 April 1914 (USA)
Also Known As: Charlie the Waiter
Director: Mabel Normand
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mabel Normand and Harry McCoy
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He'll meet a pretty girl in the park, pretending to be a fancy ambassador, despite the jealousy of her fiancée.
Given an hour off from his job as a cafe waiter, Charlie rescues Mabel from a thug, is given an invitation to her home, and arrives presenting a card which falsely identifies him as the Greek Ambassador. Before he can get back to work, her parents invite him to a future garden party. Her jealous lover has Charlie followed back to the cafe. Charlie is a hit at the garden party but, as he leaves to return to work, the rival invites everyone to go with him to the cafe so Charlie will be exposed

His Prehistoric Past - 1914

Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 7 December 1914 (USA)
Also Known As: A Dream
Director: Charles Chaplin
Writer: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain and Gene Marsh
Charlie dreams he is in the stone age. There King Low-Brow rules a harem of wives. Charlie, in skins and a bowler, falls in love with the king's favorite wife, Sum-Babee. During a hunting trip the king is pushed over a cliff. Charlie proclaims himself king, but Ku-Ku discovers the real king alive. They return to find Charlie and Sum- Babee together.

Dough and Dynamite - 1914

Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 26 October 1914 (USA)
Also Known As: The Cook
Director: Charles Chaplin
Stars: Charles Chaplin, Chester Conklin and Fritz Schade
Charlie and another waiter must become bakers when the regular bakers go out on strike. The strikers put dynamite in a piece of bread which is delivered to the cake counter. It winds up in the oven and explodes.