Behind the Screen is a 1916 American silent short /results?q=#comedy film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and also starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance.

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*Synopsis:

The film takes place in a movie studio. A stagehand named David (/results?q=#Chaplin) has a supervisor, Goliath (/results?q=#Campbell). Much of the film is slapstick comedy involving Chaplin manhandling large props, but other plotlines include a strike by the stagehands, and /results?q=#Purviance, who is unable to become an actress, dressing as a man and becoming a stagehand.

**References in documentaries

The 1983 documentary series /results?q=#UnknownChaplin revealed previously unseen footage from this movie, including an alternate take where Purviance's character is shown playing a harp; an outtake in which /results?q=#Edna, playing the guitar, starts laughing (the documentary supports the belief that Purviance and Chaplin were romantically involved at the time); and several takes of a sequence in which Chaplin's character narrowly misses having his feet chopped off by an axe (accomplished by filming the scene backwards) - this sequence was never used in the final film.

The 1995 documentary The Celluloid Closet draws attention to the scene where Chaplin's character - after learning that Purviance's character is really a woman - kisses her while on the set; at this point, a male stagehand enters and, thinking that Chaplin has kissed a man, starts acting in an overtly effeminate way until Chaplin kicks him.

Cast:

Charles Chaplin as David (Goliath's assistant)
Edna Purviance as The Girl
Eric Campbell as Goliath (a stagehand)

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