A DAY'S PLEASURE (1919) **1/2 Charlie Chaplin spends what seems like about half of the film's 18 minutes trying to get his Model-T started, but then redeems himself by utilizing a large woman as a gang plank and contemplating harpooning her with various nautical accoutrements. Float like a miniature freight train on methamphetamine, sting like a gnat. So it's just another early variation on problems with transportation modes. Then suddenly, with four minutes left, he reminds us that he wasn't just another clever joker on auto-schtick. Visionary work on the insufferable reality of traffic cops, with karmatic implications.
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