How was this scene done?

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digitalboy72 — 12 years ago(June 12, 2013 07:27 PM)

The scene when his brother gets him his first job when he was just a teenager, to convince the director that he had a talent for comedy he's reading a sign and with each sway of his body he appears to grow taller, how did he do that?
Each time I watch the film it baffles me because it looks so authentic.
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digitalboy72 — 12 years ago(June 23, 2013 12:28 PM)

You just couldn't do it, could you? You couldn't answer a simple question without insulting someone? I expected a much better class of people from Chaplin fans, guess I was wrong, you aren't safe anywhere on IMDB.
Thanks for nothing, dickhead.
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AlexanderSupertramp — 12 years ago(July 05, 2013 01:03 PM)

Don't worry about it.

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nielw — 12 years ago(November 05, 2013 10:32 PM)

The jacket was kinda long, so it hid the fact that he was crouched, and was slowly standing up.
Mirror inspector is a job I could really see myself doing.

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Acceler8 — 8 years ago(August 10, 2017 03:25 PM)

It's the same sort of technique he used when he walked behind an object and pretended to be going downstairs.