The second of two one-reel comedies Chaplin made for Essanay, the film was photographed along Ocean Front Walk and Abbott Kinney Pier in Venice, California, in just one day. It is a film that reverts into the old Keystone pattern (beaches, parks, or motion picture studios as locales for fast-paced action and humor but little plot). This extended improvisation includes Chaplin's first use of the flea routine, which he would develop further for his feature film Limelight (1952).