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Helen Carruthers is a Actor American born on 31 december 1891
Helen Carruthers (née en 1892 et morte le 7 juillet 1925 à New York) est une actrice américaine du cinéma muet.
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La carrière d'Helen Carruthers a commencé en 1914. Elle est apparue dans vingt et une comédies Keystone, dont treize étaient aux côtés de Charlie Chaplin. Elle fut cantonnée à des rôles secondaires. Sa carrière d'actrice a apparemment pris fin en 1915, après une tentative de suicide.Usually with
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The New Janitor (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, John T. Dillon, Fritz Schade, Al St. John, Jess Dandy, John T. Dillon
Roles la sténographe (non créditée)
Rating60%
The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company. He is caught in the act of raiding the vault by the bank secretary (Carruthers) who rings the downstairs for help. Chaplin comes to the rescue only to be misjudged by the Chief Banker as the thief. The Secretary fingers the manager and Charlie receives a just reward and a handshake for foiling the robbery.
His Musical Career (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films about the labor movement, Musical films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charley Chase, Fritz Schade, Frank Hayes, Cecile Arnold
Roles Miss Poor (uncredited)
Rating59%
Charlie and his partner Mike work at a piano store, whose manager orders them to deliver a piano to Mr. Rich at 666 Prospect Street and repossess one from Mr. Poor at 999 Prospect Street. Hilarity ensues when they do exactly the opposite after mixing up the addresses of their customers.
Laughing Gas (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Fritz Schade, Mack Swain, Alice Howell, Slim Summerville, Josef Swickard
Roles Pretty Patient (uncredited)
Rating56%
We are told Charlie is a dental assistant. He arrives at work where the patients are already waiting. He joins the tiny second dental assistant in the back room. They have a brief squabble then Charlie goes to the waiting room to clean the floor with a carpet sweeper. He bumps into a patient and a further squabble starts. Then back to the rear room for more squabbling.
His Favorite Pastime (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by George Nichols
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle, Viola Barry, Edgar Kennedy, Peggy Pearce, Frank Opperman
Roles Servant
Rating50%
Charlie gets drunk in the bar. He steps outside, meets a pretty woman, tries to flirt with her, only to retreat after the woman's father returns. Returning to the bar, Charlie drinks some more and engages in rogue behaviors with others. He finally leaves the bar, sees the woman leaving, follows the woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself, eventually getting kicked out of the house.
The Rounders (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle, Phyllis Allen, Minta Durfee, Charley Chase, Al St. John
Roles Diner (uncredited)
Rating61%
A drunk reveller (Chaplin) returns home to a scolding from his wife. Then his equally inebriated neighbor (Arbuckle) goes home to a cold reception from his wife. When the first couple hear the physical altercation across the hall (the second man starts strangling his wife after she hits him), the reveller's wife sends him to investigate. The two men flee together and end up in a cafe, where they also cause trouble. When their spouses track them down, they escape once again, this time to a leaky rowboat. Safely out of reach of their wives, they fall asleep, oblivious to the rising water into which they eventually disappear.
Mabel's Busy Day (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by Mack Sennett, Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Cooking films
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Mabel Normand, Slim Summerville, Billie Bennett, Harry McCoy
Roles Spectator (uncredited)
Rating54%
Mabel (Mabel Normand) tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Charlie (Charles Chaplin) finds them and gives them away to the hungry spectators at the track as Mabel frantically tries to find her lost box of hot dogs. Mabel finds out that Charlie has stolen them and sends the police after him. Chaos ensues.
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
, 15minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Chester Conklin, Mack Swain, Phyllis Allen, Edgar Kennedy
Roles Spectator with Checkered Coat (uncredited)
Rating56%
Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up.
Getting Acquainted (1914)
, 14minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain, Mabel Normand, Harry McCoy, Edgar Kennedy
Roles Lover in Park (uncredited)
Rating55%
Charlie and his wife are walking in the park when they encounter Ambrose and his wife where they become attracted to each other's wife and start chasing them around the park. The policeman is looking for a masher.
His New Profession (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Charley Chase, Harry McCoy, Fritz Schade, Jess Dandy, Roscoe Arbuckle
Roles Woman (uncredited)
Rating58%
Un jeune homme, embauche Charlot pour s'occuper de son oncle handicapé afin de pouvoir passer du temps avec sa fiancée. Mais Charlot n'a pas d'argent et souhaite aller au bar. Il pose donc sur l'oncle un panneau « Aidez un paralysé » volé à un mendiant, chipe l'argent récolté et se rend au bar. De retour du bar, Charlot est encore plus négligeant avec l'oncle, et commence à flirter avec la fiancée du neveu.
The Property Man (1914)
, 31minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Alice Davenport, Charles Bennett, Fritz Schade, Mack Sennett
Roles Garlico's Assistant (uncredited)
Rating56%
Charlie is in charge of stage "props" and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star's dressing room.
His Trysting Places (1914)
, 20minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mabel Normand, Mack Swain, Phyllis Allen, Charley Chase, Helen Carruthers
Roles Clarice (uncredited)
Rating61%
Charlie and his friend Ambrose meet in a restaurant and accidentally leave with each other's coats. Charlie was going to pick up a baby bottle and Ambrose was going to mail a love letter that was in his coat pocket. Charlie's wife finds the letter and thinks he has a secret lover and Ambrose's wife believes he has an illegitimate child. Controversy arises in the park between Charlie and his wife and Ambrose and his wife. It is resolved at the end, but Charlie sparks another fight between the other couple by showing his friend's wife the love letter that was in his pocket.
Those Love Pangs (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Edgar Kennedy, Cecile Arnold, Vivian Edwards, Helen Carruthers
Roles Landylady
Rating54%
The Masher played by Charlie Chaplin fights for the attention of the landlady with the Rival played by Chester Conklin at the beginning of the film. The Masher makes his attempt first. While he is talking to the Landlady played by Helen Carruthers the Rival pokes him with a fork from behind a curtain. The Masher gets upset and returns to the table. The Rival makes a gesture to the Masher and goes on to talk to the landlady. As the Masher sweet talks to the Landlady, the Rival does the same thing the Masher did to him. The Landlady gets upset and walks away from the Masher. Upset the Masher returns to the table and takes the Rival outside by his tie.
Recreation (1914)
, 7minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Charles Bennett, Edwin Frazee, Helen Carruthers, Edward Nolan
Roles Girl in Park (uncredited)
Rating50%
Dans un parc, Charlot commence à vouloir flirter avec une jeune femme sur un banc. Mais très vite le mari de celle-ci arrive et chasse le vagabond. Une dispute éclate et les deux hommes se lancent des briques dans la figure. Deux policiers tentent d'intervenir, mais la fourberie de Charlot lui permet de s'en sortir temporairement, avant de se faire rattraper. Finalement, tout le monde finit dans l'eau du lac après une dernière bousculade.
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914)
, 1h15Directed by Mack Sennett
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Charles Bennett, Chester Conklin
Roles Maid / Waitress (uncredited)
Rating61%
Chaplin portrays a womanizing city man who meets Tillie (Dressler) in the country after a fight with his girlfriend (Normand). When he sees that Tillie's father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him. In the city, he meets the woman he was seeing already, and tries to work around the complication to steal Tillie's money. He gets Tillie drunk in a restaurant and asks her to let him hold the pocketbook. Since she is drunk, she agrees, and he escapes with his old girlfriend and the money.
Caught in the Rain (1914)
, 16minutesDirected by Charlie Chaplin
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Alice Davenport, Alice Howell, Helen Carruthers, Grover Ligon
Roles Chambermaid (uncredited)
Rating56%
The action starts in a park, where a man is trying to romance a matronly woman, wearing a fur stole.