ONE A.M., released August 7th, 1916

Except for a brief appearance at the beginning by Albert Austin, this film features Chaplin in a solo performance, which he later called “a pure exercise in mime & technical virtuosity"¹ Nevertheless it was an experiment he never repeated. Apparently Chaplin didn't think too highly of the film when it was first released and famously confided to one of his collaborators, “One more film like that and it will be goodbye Charlie.”<sup>2 


1</sup>Chaplin, My Life In Pictures, 1974
²Huff, Charlie Chaplin, 1951