Category: Chaplin

This includes two comedic shorts from Charlie Chaplin and his brother, Syd. “Cruel, Cruel Love” (1914) stars Charlie as a wealthy gentleman whose relationship is threatened when his girlfriend oversees him embracing the maid. “A Submarine Pirate” (1915) stars Syd Chaplin who upon hearing a plan from an inventor to rob a ship and use […]

1683. THE LITTLE TRAMP: CHARLIE CHAPLIN (1915-1917-USA) 1. THE CURE (1917-USA). With CHARLIE CHAPUN, EDNA PURVIANCE, ERIC CAMPBELL, ALBERT AUSTIN. Directed by CHAPLIN. Charlie plays a bumbling, fall-down drunk in this brilliant justifiably famous comedy, one Of the fast he made while under the contract with the Lone Star-Mutual Company. While essentially playing his patented […]

1603. THREE CHARLIES AND ONE PHONEY! (1914-1918-USA). Here are a trio of classic comedy shorts featuring (he world’s most famous film personality, CHARLIE CHAPLIN, plus a sampling of the world’s most famous Chaplin imitator, BILLY WEST. 1. RECREATION (Fun is Fun) (Spring Fever) (August 13, 1914-USA). With CHARLIE CHAPLIN, NORMA NICHOLS. Directed and scripted fay […]

This is a collection of three comedic shorts starring Charlie Chaplin. In “A Night at the Show”, Charlie plays two characters both of whom make trouble during a theater performance; in “In the Park”, Charlie helps a young woman find her lost purse; in “Hot Finish”, Mabel must step in and drive for her boyfriend […]

THE FLOORWALKER (1916-USA). With CHARLIE CHAPLIN, EDNA PURVIANCE, ERIC CAMPBELL, in 5916, Chaplin signed a contract with the Mutual Film Corporation to write, direct and star in twelve short comedies. This is his first Mutual effort, a funny, inventive slapstick in which he’s hired as a floorÂwalker in a large department store-much to manager Eric […]

In this comedic short, Charlie Chaplin plays a pugilist who finds himself in the ring with a world champion, thanks to a little help from his good luck charm.

1112. HIS PREHISTORIC PAST AND THE BANK (1914, 1915-USA) 1. HIS PREHISTORIC PAST (DEC. 7, 1914). WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY CHARLES CHAPLIN. WITH CHARLES CHAPLIN, MACK SWAIN. IN HIS LAST FILM FOR KEYSTONE, CHARLIE FALLS ASLEEP ON A PARK BENCH AND DREAMS HE IS WEAKCHIN, A CAVEMAN IN A FLEA BITTEN ANIMAL SKIN – WITH […]

This is a collection of four comedic shorts starring Charlie Chaplin. In ‘The Rounders’ Charlie and another man are portrayed as drunks fighting with their wives. In ‘Mabel’s Strange Predicament’, Charlie wears the Tramp costume for the first time and plays a drunk running around a hotel with an elegant lady named Mabel. In ‘Tango […]

Charlie Chaplin’s parody of “Carmen”, adapted from Georges Bizet’s opera and Prosper Mrime’s novella of the same name.

1111. TRIPLE TROUBLE AND EASY STREET (1917, 1918-USA). TWO CLASSIC CHAPLIN 2-REELERS FROM HIS MOST PROLIFICALLY CREATIVE PERIOD. WITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN, EDNA PURVIANCE. 1. TRIPLE TROUBLE (1918-USA), THERE’S MAYHEM AT THE NUTT HOUSE AND A BUMBLING HANDYMAN (CHARLIE) GETS CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE Of IT AS NEFARIOUS PLOTTERS TRY TO STEAL THE NEW EXPLOSIVE COL. […]