The film was shot at a dance hall without any sort of formal script. Mack Sennett, in his 1954 autobiography King of Comedy, said of the impromptu nature of Tango Tangles, "We took Chaplin, [Ford] Sterling, [Roscoe] Arbuckle and [Chester] Conklin to a dance hall, turned them loose, and pointed a camera at them.
The film was shot in an unstructured environment without a preconceived plan. Mack Sennett's 1954 autobiography King of Comedy describes Tango Tangles as being created through improvisation, with Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Chester Conklin being allowed to interact freely while the camera captured their performance.