This was Chaplin's first "million dollar comedy" for
First National and the first film he made in his newly built studio in Hollywood.
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"Scraps--A Thoroughbred Mongrel." His real name was Mut (or Mutt). The story goes
that when Charlie left for a Liberty Bond tour shortly after filming was completed, Mut,
who had become very attached to him, died of "a broken heart."
He was buried on the studio grounds. |
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This was the first of Charlie's film to feature his brother, Sydney, who
had already made several successful films for Keystone
including the "Gussle" films and The Submarine Pirate. |
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Syd's first wife, Minnie, (far left) appears in the dancehall scenes usually dancing with
Albert Austin (with mustache) who, in this scene, is getting ready to cut in on Minnie
and her dance partner. |
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The dance hall drummer (Chuck Riesner) thinks Charlie has a tail.
This was Riesner's first film with Chaplin. |
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| "A new singer sings an old song" |
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| ...and makes everyone cry |
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| including Henry Bergman, dressed as a woman, and Loyal Underwood. |
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Edna's singing inspires the bartender, played by Andy Anderson,
to put back the money he stole from the cash register.
Anderson later became the skipper of Chaplin's yacht, Panacea. |
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...And yet another first for A Dog's Life. This was also the first film in which Granville Redmond appears.
Redmond was a deaf painter who had kept a studio on Chaplin's lot. |
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| Evidently poor Mut was plied with alcohol for this scene. |
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| "Hellooo" |
