Silent Shorts: Chaplin and Keaton
Chaplin at Keystone, Essanay and Mutual shorts, documentaries.
Keaton shorts, television and documentaries.
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Keaton shorts, television and documentaries.
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- DirectorHenry LehrmanStarsCharles ChaplinEmma CliftonChester ConklinAn out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. His rival is delayed when he gets caught in a woman's bedroom by her jealous husband. The swindler follows the distribution of the paper containing his 'scoop' around town where he is once again chased by the rival reporter. Both end up on the cow-catcher of a streetcar.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorHenry LehrmanStarsCharles ChaplinHenry LehrmanGordon GriffithThe Tramp wanders into and disrupts the filming of a go-kart race.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorMabel NormandStarsMabel NormandCharles ChaplinChester ConklinIn a hotel lobby, an inebriated Charlie runs into an elegant lady, gets tied up in her dog's leash, and falls down. He later runs into her in the hotel corridor, locked out of her room. They run through various rooms. Mabel ends up in one, hiding under the bed of an elderly husband. Enter the jealous wife and Mabel's lover.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorHenry LehrmanStarsCharles ChaplinFord SterlingChester ConklinCharlie and another man compete in trying to help a young lady cross a muddy street. The rival finds a wooden plank which Charlie takes from him. They fight over an umbrella belonging to the rival. A policeman settles the dispute, ultimately arresting the rival. An innocent tramp is pushed into the lake.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorGeorge NicholsStarsCharles ChaplinRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbucklePeggy PearceCharlie attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinFord SterlingRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleOut of costume, Charlie is a clean-shaven dandy who, somewhat drunk, visits a dance hall. There the wardrobe girl has three rival admirers: the band leader, one of the musicians, and now Charlie.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorGeorge NicholsStarsCharles ChaplinRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbucklePeggy PearceA very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorGeorge NicholsMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinEdgar KennedyMinta DurfeeA silly aristocrat who believes that he has been jilted attempts suicide but he is saved from death and reunited with his fiancée.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorGeorge NicholsStarsCharles ChaplinMinta DurfeeEdgar KennedyA brat's magic lantern show exposes an indiscreet moment between a landlady and her star boarder.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorMabel NormandMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinMabel NormandHarry McCoyCharlie, competing with his rival's race car, offers Mabel a ride on his motorcycle but drops her in a puddle. He next joins some dubious characters in abduction of his rival just before the race for the Vanderbilt Cup. With her boyfriend locked up in a shed, Mabel takes his place. Charlie does what he can to sabotage the race, even causing Mabel's car to overturn.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorJoseph MaddernCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMinta DurfeeEdgar KennedyCharlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks that Charlie has robbed him a watch, a policeman and even a little boy, all because our friend can't stop snooping.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorMabel NormandStarsCharles ChaplinMabel NormandDan AlbertCharlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret and must endure the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and pretends to be a fancy ambassador but must contend with the jealousy of her fiancé.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainAlice DavenportWhen a married couple become separated in the park, Charlie takes up with the lady and is beat up when her husband rejoins her. He takes a room in their hotel, and she sleepwalks into his room so that when her husband returns from his walk he must go out again to look for her. Charlie returns the lady to her room but must climb out onto the window ledge in a downpour.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainPhyllis AllenA jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pretty woman.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinMabel NormandMack SennettThree man will fight for the love of a charming girl. Charlie will play dirty, throwing bricks to his contender, and using a huge hammer to hurt one of them. But a precocious kid will be the fourth suitor in discord.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorMack SennettStarsRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleEdgar KennedyCharles ChaplinTo show his girl how brave he is Fatty challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinMabel NormandDan AlbertA hotdog girl gives one to a policeman who then allows her into a race track. While other customers swipe her hotdogs, Charlie runs off with the whole box, pretending to sell them while actually giving them away. She calls her policeman who battles Charlie.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorMack SennettStarsCharles ChaplinMabel NormandMack SwainAccosted by a masher in the park and unable to motivate husband Charlie into taking action, Mabel gets him a boxing mannequin to sharpen his fighting skills.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinFritz SchadeAlice HowellCharlie pretends to be a dentist though he is only his assistant. When a patient can't stop laughing from the anesthesia Charlie knocks him out with a club. He is sent to the drug store, gets in a fight with a man who (after a brick in the face) becomes another patient, and pulls the skirt off the dentist's wife (who is out walking). At one point Charlie pulls a tooth (the wrong one) using enormous pliers.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPhyllis AllenCharles BennettCharlie has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star's dressing room. There are further difficulties with frequent scene changes, wrong entries and a fireman's hose. At one point he juggles an athlete's supposed weights. The humor is still rough: he kicks an older assistant in the face and allows him to be run over by a truck.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinCecile ArnoldJess DandyThe plot is a satire derived from Hugh Antoine D'Arcy's poem of the same title. The painter courts Madeleine but loses to the wealthy client who sits for his portrait. The despairing artist draws the girl's portrait on the barroom floor and gets tossed out. Years later he sees her, her husband and their horde of children. Unrecognized by her, Charlie shakes off his troubles and walks off into the future.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinCharles BennettHelen CarruthersCharlie is walking in the park. A girl leaves a seaman on one bench and joins Charlie on another. The seaman wakes up. He and Charlie stage a brick fight. Policemen get hit and arrest both men. During an ensuing fight on the dock the policemen, the seaman, Charlie and the girl wind up in the water.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbuckleChester ConklinCharlie is an actor in a film studio. He messes up several scenes and is tossed out. Returning dressed as a lady, he charms the director. Even so, Charlie never makes it into film, winding up at the bottom of a well.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 3
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinCharley ChasePeggy PageA nephew takes his wheelchair-bound uncle and sweetheart to the park, where he meets the Little Tramp. The Tramp knows a money-making opportunity when he sees one.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 3
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinRoscoe 'Fatty' ArbucklePhyllis AllenTwo drunks live in the same hotel. One beats his wife, the other is beaten by his. They go off and get drunk together. They try to sleep in a restaurant using tables as beds and are thrown out. They lie down in a rowboat which fills with water, drowning them--a fate apparently better than going home to their wives.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 3
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinJohn T. DillonAl St. JohnCharlie is janitor for a firm the manager of which receives a threatening note about his gambling debts. He throws a bucket of water out the window which lands on his boss and costs him his job. The boss, attempting to steal the money heeds from the office safe, is caught by his secretary and Charlie comes to save her and the money. He is briefly accused of being the thief but ultimately triumphs.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 3
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinChester ConklinCecile ArnoldCharlie and a rival vie for the favors of their landlady. In the park they each fall for different girls, though Charlie's has a male friend already. Charlie considers suicide, is talked out of it by a policeman, and later throws his girl's friend into the lake. Frightened, the girls go off to a movie. Charlie shows up there and flirts with them. Later both rivals substitute themselves for the girls and attack the unwitting Charlie. In an audience-wide fight, Charlie is tossed through the screen.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 3
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinChester ConklinFritz SchadeCharlie and another waiter must become bakers when the regular bakers go out on strike. The strikers put dynamite in a piece of bread which is delivered to the cake counter. It winds up in the oven and explodes.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 3
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainMabel NormandMabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up. Charlie sprays the policeman with soda until he friends makes it through the hole. In the grandstand, Mabel abandons her beau for Charlie. Both Charlie's friend and Mabel's are arrested and hauled away.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 3
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainFritz SchadeCharlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St. They confuse the addresses. The difficulties of delivering the piano by mule cart, and most of the specific gags, appeared later in Laurel and Hardy's "The Music Box".Chaplin at Keystone, disc 3
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMabel NormandMack SwainCharlie's wife sends him to the store for a baby bottle with milk. Elsewhere, Ambrose offers to post a love letter for a woman in his boarding house. The two men meet at a restaurant and each takes the other's coat by mistake. Charlie's wife thinks he has a lover; Ambrose's believes he has an illegitimate child.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 3
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPhyllis AllenMack SwainA continuous exchange of meetings between husbands and wives of different couples in which a policeman intrudes in daring chase until both couples are found.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 4
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinMack SwainMay WallaceCharlie dreams he is in the Stone Age, where King Low-Brow rules a harem of wives. Charlie, in skins and a bowler, falls in love with the king's favorite wife, Sum-Babee. During a hunting trip the king is pushed over a cliff. Charlie proclaims himself king, but Ku-Ku discovers the real king alive. They return to find Charlie and Sum-Babee together.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 4
- DirectorMack SennettCharles BennettStarsCharles ChaplinMarie DresslerMabel NormandA con man from the city dupes a wealthy country girl into marriage.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 4
- DirectorFord SterlingStarsFord SterlingKeystone KopsPhyllis AllenThe Keystone Cops pursue a thief.excerpt; Chaplin at Keystone, disc 4
- DirectorJohn Coleman TerryAn animated Charlie Chaplin must find a white elephant for the girl he loves. He resorts to trickery, but is foiled by Fatty.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 4
- StarsJohn BengtsonIn this visual essay John Bengtson, author of Silent Traces: Discovery Early Hollywood Through the Films of Charlie Chaplin, takes a "then and now" look at several Keystone locations.Chaplin at Keystone, disc 4
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEric CampbellEdna PurvianceThe Tramp is tricked into impersonating an embezzling floorwalker in a department store.Mutual 90th, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceLloyd BaconCharlie is a fireman who always does everything wrong. A man talks the Fire Chief into ignoring his burning home (he wants the insurance money) unaware that his daughter (the love of the Chief) is upstairs in the house. When the house next door catches fire its owner rouses Charlie who rouses the force.Mutual 90th, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie, the emotional violinist, flees to a gipsy camp, only to find himself playing for an abducted girl. Soon, a unique birthmark will pave the way for an unexpected rescue and a marvellous new life. But, will she forget him so easily?Mutual 90th, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinAlbert AustinA drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.Mutual 90th, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellThe fifth film in the Mutual series Charlie Chaplin impersonates a man of means in order to underscore the contrast between rich and poor.Mutual 90th, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinHenry BergmanEdna PurvianceCharlie competes with his fellow shop assistant. He is fired by the pawnbroker and rehired. He nearly destroys everything in the shop and himself. He helps capture a burglar. He destroys a client's clock while examining it in detail.Mutual 90th, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie is an overworked labourer at a film studio who helps a young woman find work even while his coworkers strike against his tyrannical boss.Mutual 90th, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceJames T. KelleyAfter causing restaurant chaos at work, a bumbling waiter tears up the local roller rink with his skating.Mutual 90th, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellA reformed tramp becomes a police constable who must fight a huge thug who dominates an inner-city street.Mutual 90th, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellAn alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.Mutual 90th, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellCharlie is an immigrant who endures a challenging voyage and gets into trouble as soon as he arrives in America.Mutual 90th, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceEric CampbellThe Little Tramp escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party.Mutual 90th, disc 2
- DirectorRichard PattersonStarsCharles ChaplinWalter MatthauLaurence OlivierA film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin.Mutual 90th, disc 3
- DirectorKevin MacdonaldStarsBill PatersonBrenda BullPeter MenziesA film about Eric Campbell, the tall Scottish actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charles Chaplin's Tramp character.Mutual 90th, disc 4
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA young golfer is mugged by an escaped convict and finds himself in a prison where he foils a jailbreak.w/ Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineJack DuffyA young couple who live next to each other in tenement apartments do everything they can to be together despite of their feuding families.w/ Seven Chances (1925)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonSybil SeelyJoe RobertsA newly wedded couple attempts to build a house with a prefabricated kit, unaware that a rival sabotaged the kit's component numbering.w/ The Saphead (1920)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineSybil SeelyBuster and his family go on a voyage on his homemade boat that proves to be one disaster after another.w/ The Navigator (1924)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonBartine BurkettCharles DoretyA drifter at an amusement park finds himself both the bodyguard and hit man of a man targeted by a criminal gang.w/ The Saphead (1920)
- DirectorBuster KeatonMalcolm St. ClairStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsA series of adventures begins when an accident during photographing causes Buster to be mistaken for Dead Shot Dan, the local bad guy.w/ Three Ages (1923)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineMonte CollinsAfter waking up from his wacky dream, a theater stage hand inadvertently causes havoc everywhere he works.w/ The General (1926)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsA bank clerk ends up in a seemingly haunted house that is actually a thieves' hideout.w/ Battling Butler (1926)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsStrange things ensue after a young man attempts to take his own life.w/ College (1927), Keaton Plus - Short Films
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonWallace BeeryMonte CollinsBy accident, Buster and an intimidating woman end up married.w/ Three Ages (1923)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonRenée AdoréeEdward F. ClineA sincere young man leaves his home to win his fortune so he can marry his home town sweetheart.w/ Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928); excerpt on Keaton Plus - Short Films
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe KeatonAfter being mistakenly certified as an electrical engineer, Buster is hired to wire a house.w/ College (1927)
- DirectorBuster KeatonMalcolm St. ClairStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsBuster Keaton shoes horses and repairs cars, with mixed results.w/ College (1927)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineVirginia FoxA series of mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city's entire police force.w/ The General (1926)
- DirectorBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonVirginia FoxJoe RobertsBuster helps a Native American tribe save their land from greedy oil barons.w/ Battling Butler (1926)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonJohn BrownPhyllis HaverA hapless amusement park attendant finds his runaway balloon ride has left him in a strange predicament.w/ Seven Chances (1925)
- DirectorBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineStarsBuster KeatonJoe RobertsVirginia FoxIn an attempt to forget his lost sweetheart, Buster takes a long trip at sea where he boards a whaling ship with a strict captain.w/ The Navigator (1924); excerpt on Keaton Plus - Short Films
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonHarold GoodwinMatthew BetzBuster agrees to pose as a murderer to throw off the police while his room mate, a reporter, searches for the real killer.Keaton Plus - Short Films
- DirectorCharles LamontStarsBuster KeatonDorothy SebastianGeorge J. LewisWhen Buster's girlfriend falls for a trapeze artist, Buster tries to beat him at his own game.Keaton Plus - Short Films
- DirectorHarold DanielsStarsBabette BainLarry BensonJennifer BillingsleyThree aging showmen (Keaton, Lahr and Foy) try to make a comeback with the help of pop star Dion.Keaton Plus - Short Films
- StarsJohn BengtsonFour visual essays by Silent Echoes author John Bengtson identifying Buster Keaton's shooting locations for his many short films produced between 1920-1923, many in the streets surrounding his former Hollywood studio, the same studio where, a few years earlier, Charlie Chaplin had made his brilliant series of Mutual shorts.Keaton Plus - Silent Echoes
- DirectorMichael McCarthyStarsBuster KeatonJames HayterCarl JaffeA minor bureaucratic functionary in a soulless totalitarian regime is ashamed of his tattered overcoat. He scrimps to save money for a new one, and the new one changes his life. He is suddenly respected, admired, and valued, and when the new coat is stolen, his life becomes worse than it was before. He goes against the bureaucracy in hopes of getting the government to help him get his coat, and discovers that he can no longer accept the world he lives in as it is.Keaton Plus - Television
- StarsBuster KeatonDorothy FordHarold GoodwinBuster's shenanigans running a sporting goods store and his antics in a local theatre group.Keaton Plus - Television; excerpts: Detective Story, Gymnasium Story, The time machine, The haunted house
- StarsRalph EdwardsBob WarrenEdward F. ClineTonight the subject is great silent comedian Buster Keaton, second only to Chaplin in his day, inspired by the forthcoming release of "The Buster Keaton Story," whose star, Donald O'Connor, is among the guests paying tribute.excerpts w/ Keaton Plus - Tributes
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineMarion HarlanBuster plays a bumbling villain in this parody of melodrama.w/ Battling Butler (1926)
- DirectorEdward F. ClineBuster KeatonStarsBuster KeatonEdward F. ClineLuke the DogTwo inventive farmhands compete for the hand of the same girl.w/ Go West (1925)
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongAgnes AyresCharlie is trying to get a job in a movie. After causing difficulty on the set, he is told to help the carpenter. When one of the actors doesn't show, Charlie is given a chance to act but instead enters a dice game. When he does finally act, he ruins the scene, wrecks the set, and tears the skirt from the star.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBen TurpinCharles Allen DealeyAfter a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBud JamisonGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonWalking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinLeona AndersonBilly ArmstrongAn amorous couple. A crook. A policeman. A nursemaid and a stolen handbag. These are some of the things the Little Tramp encounters during a walk in the park.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceLloyd BaconEdna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongLloyd BaconThe Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongEd ArmstrongIt is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns to the other's wife.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 1
- DirectorGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonStarsGilbert M. 'Broncho Billy' AndersonLee WillardMarguerite ClaytonAn unrepentant crook enters a dance hall and gets in a fight over a girl. As he, unknowingly, breaks into her house, another bloody mess stains the residence's thick carpets. Can a simple act of kindness pave the way for his regeneration?Chaplin at Essanay, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongMarta GoldenCharlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 1
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongMarta GoldenA man disguises himself as a lady in order to be near his newfound sweetheart, after her father has forbidden her to see him.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceBilly ArmstrongCharlie does everything but an efficient job as janitor. Edna buys her fiance, the cashier, a birthday present. Charlie thinks "To Charles with Love" is for him. He presents her a rose which she throws in the garbage. Depressed, Charlie dreams of a bank robbery and his heroic role in saving the manager and Edna ... but it is only a dream.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBilly ArmstrongLawrence A. BowesIntent on scuttling his ship, a financially-pressed shipowner conspires with the vessel's captain to collect the insurance money, unbeknownst to him that his daughter and her beau, Charlie, are aboard. Will they get away with it so easily?Chaplin at Essanay, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinPhyllis AllenLloyd BaconMr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinLeo WhiteStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceBen TurpinA gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceWesley RugglesCharles Chaplin, a convict, is given $5.00 and released from prison after having served his term. He meets a man of the church who makes him weep for his sins and while he is weeping takes the $5.00 away from him. Chaplin goes to a fruit stand and samples the fruit. When he goes to pay for it he finds his $5.00 is missing. This results in a battle with the fruit dealer, but Chaplin finally escapes. He is held up by a footpad and finds it is his former cellmate. He is inveigled into joining him in robbing a house. They put a police officer out of commission with a mallet and stack up the silverware. They then start upstairs to search the upper rooms, but are met by a young woman who implores them to leave because her mother is ill and fears the shock will kill her. Chaplin's heart is touched but the footpad insists on ransacking the house. This results in a battle between the footpad and Chaplin. While they are fighting, a squad of police arrives. The footpad makes his escape, but the police capture Chaplin. The woman of the house, however, saves him by telling the police he is her husband. She gives him a dollar and he leaves. He goes to a lodging house and in order to save his dollar from thieves puts it in his mouth, swallowing it while he sleeps. A crook robs all the men in the lodging house but Chaplin takes the money away from him, and also the rings his "pal" had stolen. This starts a battle in which all join. Chaplin flees. In order to do a good turn to the woman who had saved him from the police, he takes her rings back.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinLeo WhiteStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceBilly ArmstrongForeign agents try to steal a wireless explosive from an inventor. Only the clueless Little Tramp and the Keystone Cops can stop them.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinBen TurpinFred GoodwinsThe story evolves as the tramp heads home drunk on a Saturday night and finds it hard to make it to his room and when he finally does, he could not make it to the bed.Chaplin at Essanay, disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceDave AndersonThe Little Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.The Chaplin Revue (1959)
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceSyd ChaplinCharlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.The Chaplin Revue (1959)
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceSyd ChaplinDisguised as a priest, an escaped convict makes his way to Texas. He ends up in a small rural town where the townsfolk mistake him for their new church minister.The Chaplin Revue (1959)
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceC. AllenA father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.The Chaplin Revue (1959), disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceOlive Ann AlcornCharlie works on a farm from 4am to late at night. He gets his food on the run (milking a cow into his coffee, holding an chicken over the frying pan to get fried eggs). He loves the neighbor's daughter Edna but is disliked by her father. He rides a cow into a stream and is kicked off. Unconscious, he dreams of a nymph dance. Back in reality a city slicker is hurt in a car crash and is being cared for by Edna. When Charlie is rejected after attempting to imitate the slicker, the result is ambiguous--either tragic or a happy ending. Critics have long argued as to whether the final scene is real or a dream.The Chaplin Revue (1959), disc 2
- DirectorCharles ChaplinStarsCharles ChaplinEdna PurvianceCharles AberA tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband.The Chaplin Revue (1959), disc 2