Released on June 12, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd Bacon.

A group of firemen, led by their foreman (Eric Campbell), practice in the fire station, but one is missing ... Charlie.

During their meal break Charlie uses the engine as a giant water urn and serves an unappetising soup to the others.

A critic for the New York Dramatic Mirror wrote, "The Fireman is the second of the Chaplin Mutual comedies, presenting that well-known hero in a whirl of fun and laughter that compares favorably with the best work he has yet done on the screen."

He wrote, "There is more of soup-spilling and Keystone kicking than is necessary for successful slapsticking, but there is also a certain novelty of situation and a jolly humor in its expression that moves to much mirth.

Charles Chaplin is a true comedian who doesn't need to resort to the conflict of the physical to make fun.

The film shows some early morning street scenes in the surrounding Los Angeles area.