Father (Charlie Chaplin) takes his family for a drive in their falling-apart Model T Ford, gets in trouble in traffic, and spends the day on an excursion boat.
A Day's Pleasure is almost universally regarded as Chaplin's least impressive First National film. Even contemporary critics were muted in their enthusiasm. The New York Times noted that "most of the time he depends for comedy upon seasickness, a Ford car, and biff-bang slap-stick, with which he is little, if any, funnier than many other screen comedians." Really, the only redeeming this about this film is that it introduces the world to Jackie Coogan. He is best remembered, of course, or being the kid" in Chaplin's "The Kid", but this film shows that the two were already working together before that... it is just that few people remember this one.
A Day's Pleasure is almost universally regarded as Chaplin's least impressive First National film. Even contemporary critics were muted in their enthusiasm. The New York Times noted that "most of the time he depends for comedy upon seasickness, a Ford car, and biff-bang slap-stick, with which he is little, if any, funnier than many other screen comedians." Really, the only redeeming this about this film is that it introduces the world to Jackie Coogan. He is best remembered, of course, or being the kid" in Chaplin's "The Kid", but this film shows that the two were already working together before that... it is just that few people remember this one.