Charlie Chaplin plays a father who tries to have a nice day out with his family but he encounters one problem after another. First he can't get his Model T started, then misadventures on a boat, and finally traffic headaches on the way home. It's amusing enough but not one of Chaplin's best. It's probably one of the most generic shorts I've seen from him. There's the added bonus of seeing the locations, automobiles, clothing, etc. of the time. I really get a kick out of stuff like that in older films. Particularly silent ones before the Hollywood glamour machine really took over. It's a little slice of a time and place in history. Also, Jackie Coogan plays one of Chaplin's kids. This was his second film.
Review of A Day's Pleasure
