Second viewing; first seen between 1983 and 1986.
A tramp sneaks into a private resort, first to use its golf course, and later crashing a costume party. He brings a lot of confusion in both instances.
A fine silent comedy, which always strikes me for the extreme precision of its mise-en-scène. Film theorist Rudolf Arnheim, in his book Film as Art, exemplifies some of his lessons with two of this film's most remarkable sequences. In the citation on page 51, in which he does not name the film he is talking about, only saying it is "one of [Chaplin's] shorter films", he describes a sequence where the millionaire is first seen from behind, and "his shoulders are heaving". In the citation on page 78, in which he (or the translator) gives the name of the film as Smart People, he describes a sequence where the millionaire is at first shown "in a top hat and and tails; but only the upper part of his body is shown".
Rating: 68 (unchanged)
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