Triple Trouble; Easy Street

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. A. NUTT HAS INVENTED. THE LAST Of CHAPLIN’S ESSANAY SHORTS, THIS IS ACTUALLY A CLEVER MOVIE PUT TOGETHER BY THE COMPANY AFTER HE HAD LEFT THEM. BITS FROM POLICE, WORK AND AN UNFINISHED FEATURE (LIFE) ARE INGENIOUSLY CUT TOGETHER WITH NEW FOOTAGE USING DOUBLES! THE RESULTING FILM IS MORE THAN A LITTLE CONFUSING AND SOMEWHAT HAPHAZARD BUT CONTAINS SOME RARE CHAPLIN GEMS. CHAPLIN
2. EASY STREET (1917-USA) WITH CHARLIE CHAPLIN, ERIC CAMPBELL, EDNA PURVIANCE. A DOWN AND OUT TRAMP GETS A NEW LEASE ON LIFE WHEN HE FALLS FOR A PRETTY GIRL AT THE MISSION SOCIETY. JOINING THE POLICE FORCE, HE BECOMES A ONE MAN CLEAN UP SQUAD ON EASY STREET, A ROWDY, DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE OTHER COPS FEAR TO TREAD. THE MOST FAMOUS Of THE FILMS CHARLIE MADE FOR MUTUAL, EASY STREET IS CHAPLIN AT HIS BEST, DEFTLY MIXING INVENTIVE SLAPSTICK, A POIGNANT ROMANCE AND SHARP SOCIAL COMMENTARY. SILENT FILM WITH MUSIC SCORE, CORRECT PROJECTION SPEED. 60 MINUTES TOTAL. CHAPLIN.