Review of The Count (1916) by Kevin M. W — 09 May 2018

The story here, that of a tailor's assistant who's fired and thereafter finds himself accidentally hobnobbing among "the rich", is a slight affair only meant to hang Chaplin's comedy on.

So we get a scene of him nervously measuring a well-endowed woman, quarreling with his oversized boss, and over-pretending airs while dining in society, plus the practically guaranteed chase scene. Nothing stupendous, only a master honing his skills, building on what was to come.