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“This shot is the most expensive shot in silent film history. It was filmed in a single take, that had to be perfect, with a real train and a ‘dummy’ engineer (notice the white arm hanging out the conductors window). Some of the locals who came to watch the filming, thought the dummy was a real person and screamed in horror; supposedly, one person even fainted.”
“It’s a documentary! It’s all really happening!”
“Making a Living (1914) is the first film appearance of Charlie Chaplin and one of the few, in those early years, in which he does not play the Tramp.” (IMDb) Watch the film here