The idea for
Dough and Dynamite emerged out of a sequence intended for
Those Love Pangs. Chaplin wisely chose to expand the scenes into a separate film (which was completed before
Those Love Pangs but released later). The result is one of the best films Chaplin had made up to that time.
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Although Chester Conklin was only three years older than Chaplin,
he always seemed much older to me because of his costume. |
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| The great Phyllis Allen. |
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The dough in this film seems to take on a comedy life of its own--
sort of like Charlie's cane in his other films. |
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| "The Fatal Loaf" |
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| Charlie makes bagels by swinging the dough around his wrist like a bracelet. |
