VIDEO: Watch Charlie Chaplin in Drag in ‘A Woman’ (1915)

You’re probably familiar with all the times Bugs Bunny crossed dressed for laughs in all the Warner Brothers cartoons, but did you know that accidentally kissing a man while dressed up as a woman was a regular comedy bit in the vaudeville circuit?

Watch “A Woman” from 1915, one of the few times Charlie Chaplin appeared in his films without his iconic mustache. In the short 20 minute movie, Charlie dresses up as to sneak into a sexy lady’s house, but her overprotective father and his friend fall in love with him instead. Who knew Charlie Chaplin had such a handsome face behind that crazy Hitler mustache?

From what I’ve heard, this film was made at the Essanay studios right here in Chicago, just blocks away from where we tape the Feast of Fun podcast and make many of our drag videos for YouTube. I like to think that here in Chicago we’re following in Charlie Chaplin’s footsteps.

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