The Rounders
Tit. It.: “Charlot E Fatty Al Caffè” O “I Girovaghi”; Scen.: Charles Chaplin; Int.: Charles Chaplin (Un Viveur), Roscoe Arbuckle (Un Suo Amico E Vicino), Phyllis Allen (Moglie Del Viveur), Minta Durfee (Moglie Dell’amico), Al St. John (Fattorino Dell’albergo), Fritz Schade (Cliente Del Ristorante), Wallace Macdonald (Altro Cliente), Charles Parrot [Charley Chase] (Altro Cliente); Prod.: Keystone Film Company; 35mm. L.: 308 M. D.: 17’ A 16 F/S.
Film Notes
In its time, The Rounders was regarded as one of Chaplin’s more unpleasant films. “Moving Picture World” considered it “a rough picture for rough people”. From the standpoint of violence the film seems relatively tame beside such Keystones as The Fatal Mallet and The Property Man. The original criticisms may have been motivated by the unusual sight of wives manhandling their husbands. Notwithstanding such objections, the film was one Chaplin’s most successful Keystone, due in part to his scene with Fatty in the Café.
Harry M. Geduld, Chapliniana Volume 1. The Keystone Films, Bloomington & Indianapolis 1987