Comic transposition played a crucial role in defining Chaplin’s universe, and it was in A Night Out that he used it in full force for the first time: we see the Tramp brushing his teeth with a fig leave, cleaning his shoes with toothpaste, pouring himself a drink from a phone receiver and tucking his walking stick under the covers… Chaplin still had not broken the boundaries of burlesque and draws widely on Sennett in this comedy based on the comic situations created by the drunken state of the seasoned duo Chaplin-Turpin. Turpin was among the actors who followed Chaplin from Chicago to the Niles studio in California, as did Leo White and Bud Jamison. Together they created a steady group, a constant ingredient in Chaplin’s creative life. Likewise, A Night Out is often noted for the the first appearance of Edna Purviance on screen – she had been spotted at a café in San Francisco – as well as for the historical meeting with Rollie Totheroh, already employed at the Niles studio by ‘Broncho Billy’ Anderson (co-founder along with George Spoor, hence the initials “Ess ‘n’ ay”), who would literally become Chaplin’s third eye for the next 37 years.