Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Born: April 16, 1889
Died: December 25, 1977
in Walworth, London, England, UK
Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency by the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in Kid Auto Races (1914). From 1914 onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was producing them, and by 1918 he was also composing the music for them. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.

Movies for Charlie Chaplin...

Life and death of Max Linder
Title: Life and death of Max Linder
Character: Self
Released: May 13, 2024
Type: Movie
Searching for documentation about Max Linder, we found in an abandoned house a trunk sealed for 100 years, with a film from 1926 by an unknown filmmaker. The film depicts Max Linder, the first international screen star who was once revered in France, throughout Europe and in Hollywood. This pioneer of early silent film comedy was a mentor to Charlie Chaplin. Max miraculously avoided death five times. And finally, at the height of his artistic powers, he and his adored wife committed a double suicide. How was this possible?
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Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
Title: Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 29, 2023
Type: Movie
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Title: Le Siècle des icônes
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 27, 2022
Type: TV
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
Title: The Real Charlie Chaplin
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 19, 2021
Type: Movie
A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
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The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
Title: The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 29, 2021
Type: Movie
In April 1918, a disease of unknown origin swept across the five continents. In 18 months, millions of lives that had not been taken by the war were swept away by a virus that would cause the worst pandemic in history: the Spanish flu.
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Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Title: Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 14, 2020
Type: Movie
The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977) used his talent to serve an ideal of justice and freedom. But his best scenario was his own destiny, a story written into the political and artistic history of the 20th century.
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Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière
Title: Sophia Loren, une destinée particulière
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 24, 2019
Type: Movie
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Chaplin vs the FBI
Title: Chaplin vs the FBI
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 5, 2019
Type: Movie
How FBI followed Charles Chaplin for 50 years. Hoover was convinced that Chaplin is a communist or communist supporter.
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Hollywood's Second World War
Title: Hollywood's Second World War
Character: Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage)
Released: September 3, 2019
Type: Movie
For the USA, World War 2 was an all-out war - to mobilize the masses, the US government launched a huge propaganda campaign and cinema, the medium of the masses, was quite simply their most important weapon. Government authorities monitored the production of feature films and the military itself produced documentaries aimed at rallying the American people to support the troops. This film tells the story of four Hollywood directors of European origin, who returned to the "Old World" during the Second World War to make propaganda documentaries for the US Army at the front: William Wyler from Alsace, Frank Capra from Italy, Anatole Litvak from Ukraine and - in post-war Germany - Billy Wilder from Austria.
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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Title: Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 22, 2019
Type: Movie
Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
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Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Title: Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Character: Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Released: May 29, 2018
Type: Movie
How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.
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Chaplin in Bali
Title: Chaplin in Bali
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 30, 2017
Type: Movie
In 1932, Chaplin, in full midlife crisis, escapes to Bali in search of himself to find the artistic rejuvenation and inspiration to do his difficult transition to sound film.
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Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Title: Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Character: Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
Released: June 14, 2017
Type: Movie
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
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Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Title: Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 20, 2017
Type: Movie
Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films.
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Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
Title: Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
Character: (archive footage)
Released: February 4, 2016
Type: Movie
Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were two incredibly talented artists who enjoyed enormous worldwide success at a very young age. The two giants of the golden age of silent cinema were perceived to be constantly competing with each other for the crown of the king of laughter.
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Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Title: Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 2016
Type: Movie
A documentary which explores the lives and tragic deaths of Marceline Orbes and Francis "Slivers" Oakley, the suicidal clowns who inspired Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.
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Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
Title: Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 2015
Type: Movie
A video essay on Charlie Chaplin's film "Limelight" (1952).
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Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Title: Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 7, 2015
Type: Movie
Documentary taking a look at the career of Jackie Coogan who was considered the first child star.
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Looking for Mabel Normand
Title: Looking for Mabel Normand
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 12, 2015
Type: Movie
A documentary on the life and career of silent film star Mabel Normand.
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Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
Title: Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: October 20, 2014
Type: Movie
A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.
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A Night at the Cinema in 1914
Title: A Night at the Cinema in 1914
Character: (archive footage)
Released: August 1, 2014
Type: Movie
Cinema a century ago was a new, exciting and highly democratic form of entertainment. Picture houses nationwide offered a sociable, lively environment in which to relax and escape from the daily grind. With feature films still rare, the programme was an entertaining, ever-changing roster of short items with live musical accompaniment. 100 years on, this special compilation from the BFI National Archive recreates the glorious miscellany of comedies, dramas, travelogues and newsreels which would have constituted a typical night out in 1914. Our selection includes a comic short about a face-pulling competition, a sensational episode of The Perils of Pauline, scenes of Allied troops celebrating Christmas at the Front, and an early sighting of one of cinema’s greatest icons.
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And the Oscar Goes To...
Title: And the Oscar Goes To...
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 1, 2014
Type: Movie
The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
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Birth of the Tramp
Title: Birth of the Tramp
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 29, 2013
Type: Movie
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.
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Chaplin at Keystone
Title: Chaplin at Keystone
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 3, 2012
Type: Movie
Charles Chaplin came to Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios late in 1913 as a little-known British vaudevillian, and after a year, had not only established his Tramp character, learned to write and direct his own films, and also achieved public recognition as a star comedian. Although Keystone did not publicize its performers by name, standees of Chaplin's likeness outside theaters sufficed to attract audiences. Some of the films, especially TILLIE’S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1914), remained in theatrical distribution for decades.
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Title: Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Character: (archive footage)
Released: February 4, 2012
Type: Movie
A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
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The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Title: The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 24, 2011
Type: Movie
In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", draws upon a wealth of photography as well as a wide range of interviews (Paulette Goddard, Sydney Chaplin, Chuck Jones, Leni Riefenstahl, Mel Brooks, Joan Collins et al.) to examine the production history of "The Great Dictator", the film's importance as a satire, and legacy.
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Dancing Chaplin
Title: Dancing Chaplin
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: April 11, 2011
Type: Movie
The celebrated French choreographer Roland Petit had always had his eye on a film presentation of his ballet "Chaplin Dances", which premiered in 1991 and has been touring the world since, and he assigned this project to his trusted friend, Masayuki Suo, pioneer of the current revival of Japanese cinema. Drawing upon a wealth of worldwide ballet talent, Petit's ballet and Chaplin's films, Suo reinvented the work and has given it a new lease of life. The resulting piece is not simply a filmed record of the ballet but a union of the two media that reflects the meeting of the great talents of Chaplin, Petit and Suo
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Sigrid Holmquist
Title: Sigrid Holmquist
Character: Himself (archive footage)
Released: October 8, 2010
Type: Movie
The story of Swedish silent film actress Sigrid Holmquist's life (1899-1970), by using the silent film medium. It consists of already existing film clips from the 1910s and 20s. Sigrid is played by eight different stars from her era, and she also plays herself. Sigrid Holmquist was born in Borås, Sweden and her stubborn spirit led her to become a movie star in Scandinavia and Hollywood before retiring from the movies in 1926. An experimental film project.
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Smash His Camera
Title: Smash His Camera
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 30, 2010
Type: Movie
A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of paparazzi.
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Warner at War
Title: Warner at War
Character: (archive footage)
Released: November 11, 2008
Type: Movie
Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II.
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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Title: Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 29, 2008
Type: Movie
This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen businesswoman. Pickford's life also parallels an even larger story, telling of the birth of the cinema itself.
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Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
Title: Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
Character: (archive footage)
Released: December 31, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and biographical information.
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Bravo Charlot!
Title: Bravo Charlot!
Character: Various characters (archive footage)
Released: December 15, 2007
Type: Movie
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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Title: The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 2, 2007
Type: Movie
Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Title: Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 23, 2007
Type: Movie
Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
Title: Hitler: The Comedy Years
Character: Adenoid Hynkel (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: May 10, 2007
Type: Movie
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
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Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Title: Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 9, 2005
Type: Movie
Douglas Fairbanks, the screen's great swashbuckler, charmed millions with his energetic athleticism, his boyishly handsome good looks, and his sparkling charisma. Whether it was fighting off tyrannical land-owners in "The Mark of Zorro," slashing the king's guards in "The Three Musketeers," sliding down sails in "The Black Pirate," springing in leaps and bounds in "Robin Hood," or riding a winged horse across the night sky in "The Thief of Bagdad," Douglas Fairbanks was in his element as an action hero of grandiose costume dramas. But behind all of his achievements on the screen, there was another side to Douglas Fairbanks and this unique biography will reveal some of that man behind the mask. So swing into action and swashbuckle your way through this documentary. This is one adventure worth telling.
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Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: December 30, 2003
Type: Movie
A short documentary about the making of "The Great Dictator."
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Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 22, 2003
Type: Movie
A short documentary in the Chaplin Today series about Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux." Includes an interview with Claude Chabrol, whose 1963 film "Landru" concerns the same serial killer that inspired Chaplin's film.
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Trip to Bali
Title: Trip to Bali
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 22, 2003
Type: Movie
A document of Charlie Chaplin's trip to Bali in 1932.
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Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 17, 2003
Type: Movie
"A Woman of Paris" (1923) was the first film Chaplin made for United Artists Film Corporation, which he founded with his friends Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith. Chaplin had long considered making a dramatic feature. For the first time, he decided to direct. Actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann analyses the film. She talks about the acting, the originality of the characterizations, as well as the "feminine" viewpoint Chaplin adopted for the first time in his films.
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Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 1, 2003
Type: Movie
African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of interviews with several of Chaplin's co-stars.
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Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 1, 2003
Type: Movie
A short documentary about the making of Chaplin's "Limelight."
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Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 1, 2003
Type: Movie
Award-winning filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne profess their love for the classic "Modern Times." The directors expose their views on the many aspects of the film, Chaplin's brilliancy and they also provide interesting details about the making of Chaplin's masterpiece.
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Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 25, 2003
Type: Movie
This documentary is featured on the Warner Bros. Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Circus," released in 2004.
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Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 14, 2003
Type: Movie
In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a talking picture, but it would have a soundtrack. Chaplin personally composed a musical score and sound effects for the picture. With Peter Lord, the famous co-creator of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, we see how Chaplin became the king of slapstick comedy and the superstar of the movies.
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Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
Title: Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
Character: (archive footage)
Released: March 12, 2003
Type: Movie
Charlie Chaplin's rise to fame in the pioneering days of the film industry is one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. Follow his success in detail with clips from his movies providing a backdrop to this ‚'Intimate Biography'.
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Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 2, 2003
Type: Movie
This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.
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Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'
Title: Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 1, 2003
Type: Movie
An examination of Charles Chaplin's final starring film.
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The Tramp and the Dictator
Title: The Tramp and the Dictator
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: February 14, 2002
Type: Movie
A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Title: Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 10, 1998
Type: Movie
A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory.
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Title: Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Character: Self / Various roles (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1998
Type: Movie
The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.
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Sports on the Silver Screen
Title: Sports on the Silver Screen
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 16, 1997
Type: Movie
HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
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Chaplin's Goliath
Title: Chaplin's Goliath
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1996
Type: Movie
A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.
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The Casting Couch
Title: The Casting Couch
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
An unprecedented anthology of never-before-told true stories by and about some of Hollywood's most interesting stars, legends, and wannabes, and takes readers inside Hollywood's inner sanctum to show how casting decisions are made, who makes them, and who has the final word.
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The Chaplin Puzzle
Title: The Chaplin Puzzle
Character: Self / The Tramp (archive footage)
Released: February 28, 1992
Type: Movie
This rare two part documentary focuses on Charlie Chaplin's development at Keystone and Essanay. It concludes with a director's cut of the film Police (1916). The series is narrated by none other than Burgess Meredith.
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Title: Star Life
Character: Self
Released: August 4, 1990
Type: TV
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Title: American Experience
Character: Self
Released: October 4, 1988
Type: TV
TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform our understanding of the world today.
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Title: The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Character: Self - In Clip with Paulette Goddard (archive footage)
Released: October 1, 1988
Type: Movie
This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
Title: Going Hollywood: The '30s
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
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Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
Title: Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1984
Type: Movie
Includes: "The Count" (1916), "The Vagabond" (1916), The Fireman" (1916), "Behind the Screen" (1916).
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Zelig
Title: Zelig
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1983
Type: Movie
Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Title: Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: February 25, 1983
Type: Movie
Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
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Title: Unknown Chaplin
Character: Self & in Out-Takes
Released: January 5, 1983
Type: TV
A documentary series examining the film making methods and techniques of Charles Chaplin. Featuring previously unseen footage from Chaplin's private film archive.
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Hollywood’s Children
Title: Hollywood’s Children
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: February 24, 1982
Type: Movie
A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
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Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Title: Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 23, 1980
Type: Movie
Joel Grey dresses up as Charlie Chaplin to tell the story of his movie career, and show many of his clips.
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The Hollywood Clowns
Title: The Hollywood Clowns
Character: (archive footage)
Released: March 23, 1979
Type: Movie
Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
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Hitler: A Career
Title: Hitler: A Career
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: July 8, 1977
Type: Movie
A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.
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ViennaFilm 1896-1976
Title: ViennaFilm 1896-1976
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1977
Type: Movie
This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual clichéd "image of Vienna" such as that found in the traditional "Vienna Film" by juxtaposing documentary footage, newly shot material and subjective sequences created by various artists. Individual, self-contained sections of the film gain new meaning within the context of historical material. Familiar sites appear estranged when edited together with historical scenes. Other scenes appear like a persiflage or satirical. The film does not incorporate any commentary whatsoever. It is a collage of diverse materials aimed at conveying a distanced image of Vienna to the viewer
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The Gentleman Tramp
Title: The Gentleman Tramp
Character: Self
Released: October 10, 1976
Type: Movie
A film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin.
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It's Showtime
Title: It's Showtime
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 31, 1976
Type: Movie
A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Title: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: August 6, 1975
Type: Movie
Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
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Title: Spécial cinéma
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 25, 1974
Type: TV
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Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française
Title: Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
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The Funniest Man in the World
Title: The Funniest Man in the World
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: November 13, 1967
Type: Movie
Documentary about the early career of Charlie Chaplin.
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A Countess from Hong Kong
Title: A Countess from Hong Kong
Character: An Old Steward
Released: January 5, 1967
Type: Movie
A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.
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The Big Parade of Comedy
Title: The Big Parade of Comedy
Character: Actor in Theater Lobby (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1964
Type: Movie
Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
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30 Years of Fun
Title: 30 Years of Fun
Character: (archive footage)
Released: February 10, 1963
Type: Movie
Three decades of fun packed into one convenient package with this compilation of classic black-and-white comedy clips featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy.
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Crazy Days
Title: Crazy Days
Character: Various (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: July 12, 1962
Type: Movie
Narrator Hughie Green tells "jokes" over clips of old silent films. Including greats such as Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Cops and more.
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Title: The DuPont Show of the Week
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 17, 1961
Type: TV
The DuPont Show of the Week is an American anthology drama series which aired for three seasons on NBC from September 17, 1961 to August 30, 1964.
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Title: The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 24, 1961
Type: Movie
A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
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Days of Thrills and Laughter
Title: Days of Thrills and Laughter
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: March 21, 1961
Type: Movie
An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
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When Comedy Was King
Title: When Comedy Was King
Character: edited from 'His Trysting Place, ' 'The Masqurader, ' and 'Kid Auto at Venice.' (archive footage)
Released: March 29, 1960
Type: Movie
A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.
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Lifetime of Comedy
Title: Lifetime of Comedy
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
Compilation of comedy sketches from the comedy kings Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Danny Kaye & Bing Crosby.
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The Chaplin Revue
Title: The Chaplin Revue
Character: Narrator / Various
Released: September 1, 1959
Type: Movie
Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
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A King in New York
Title: A King in New York
Character: King Shahdov
Released: September 12, 1957
Type: Movie
A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
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All in Good Fun
Title: All in Good Fun
Character: (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
Bob Monkhouse introduces the golden age of slapstick comedy.
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German Giants
Title: German Giants
Character: Self
Released: July 10, 1954
Type: Movie
At the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, we see the red-hot favourites Hungary, led by the legendary Ferenc Puskás eventually beaten by West Germany 3-2 in a classic final.
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Yesterday and Today
Title: Yesterday and Today
Character: (archive footage)
Released: December 2, 1953
Type: Movie
A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.
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Title: The Oscars
Released: March 19, 1953
Type: TV
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
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Limelight
Title: Limelight
Character: Calvero
Released: October 23, 1952
Type: Movie
A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
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A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
Title: A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
Character: Darn Hosiery
Released: March 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Peter Sellers makes funny voice narration over the Chaplin film A Burlesque on Carmen (1915).
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Life Begins Tomorrow
Title: Life Begins Tomorrow
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: September 13, 1950
Type: Movie
Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of mankind after the advent of Atomic Energy. Many prominent French artists and intellects contribute to the narration: Jean-Pierre Aumont plays The Man of Today, Andre Labarthe is the Man of Tomorrow, and Jean-Paul Sartre, Daniel Agache, Jean Rostand, Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso and Andre Gide are respectively seen as "The Existentialist," "The Psychiatrist,' "The Biologist," "The Architect," "The Artist" and "The Author". Film clips of hospitals, schoolrooms, scientific laboratories, and even nightclubs are woven into Védrès' fascinating tapestry.
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The Golden Twenties
Title: The Golden Twenties
Character: (archive footage)
Released: April 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
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Monsieur Verdoux
Title: Monsieur Verdoux
Character: Henri Verdoux
Released: September 26, 1947
Type: Movie
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
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Charlie's Triple Trouble
Title: Charlie's Triple Trouble
Character: Charlie - The Janitor (archive footage)
Released: January 2, 1944
Type: Movie
British comedian Tommy Handley makes funny commentary on speeded up and shortened version of Triple trouble (1918)
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The Chaplin Cavalcade
Title: The Chaplin Cavalcade
Character: Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: August 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Four Chaplin shorts from 1916: One A.M., The Rink, The Pawnshop, and The Floorwalker, presented with music and sound effects.
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The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Title: The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Character: Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: April 1, 1941
Type: Movie
Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Immigrant, The Adventurer, The Cure, and Easy Street, presented with music and sound effects.
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The Eternal Jew
Title: The Eternal Jew
Character: Self (1931) (archive footage)
Released: November 28, 1940
Type: Movie
A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.
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The Great Dictator
Title: The Great Dictator
Character: Adenoid Hynkel, Dictator of Tomania / A Jewish Barber
Released: October 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
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Charlie Chaplin Carnival
Title: Charlie Chaplin Carnival
Character: Various Roles (archive footage)
Released: January 1, 1938
Type: Movie
Four Chaplin shorts from 1916: Behind the Screen, The Count, The Fireman, and The Vagabond, presented with music and sound effects.
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Modern Times
Title: Modern Times
Character: The Tramp (A Factory Worker)
Released: February 5, 1936
Type: Movie
A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Title: Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Character: Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: December 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
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The Film Parade
Title: The Film Parade
Character: (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" in 1933. He continued tinkering with the film for the rest of the decade, and later filmmakers and distributors used Blackton's footage for stock or to produce their own variously titled and truncated versions. -UCLA Film & Television Archive
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All at Sea
Title: All at Sea
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1933
Type: Movie
"All at Sea" is a short documentary of Cooke, Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard all on Chaplin's yacht on an afternoon sail.
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Charlie Chaplin in Wien
Title: Charlie Chaplin in Wien
Character: Self (archive footage)
Released: May 26, 1931
Type: Movie
Newsreel footage of Charles Chaplin on his promotional tour of Europe.
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City Lights
Title: City Lights
Character: Tramp
Released: February 1, 1931
Type: Movie
In this sound-era silent film, a tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower seller.
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Show People
Title: Show People
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: November 20, 1928
Type: Movie
Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
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The Movie City of Hollywood
Title: The Movie City of Hollywood
Character: Self
Released: November 18, 1928
Type: Movie
German documentary about Hollywood
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The Circus: Premiere
Title: The Circus: Premiere
Character: Self
Released: January 13, 1928
Type: Movie
Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
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The Circus
Title: The Circus
Character: A Tramp
Released: January 6, 1928
Type: Movie
Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
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Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Title: Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Character: Mike
Released: January 1, 1926
Type: Movie
A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances are made by many socialites of 1920s Paris and New York.
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The Gold Rush
Title: The Gold Rush
Character: The Lone Prospector
Released: July 12, 1925
Type: Movie
A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Title: A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Character: Station Porter (uncredited)
Released: October 1, 1923
Type: Movie
When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
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Hollywood
Title: Hollywood
Character: Charles Chaplin
Released: August 19, 1923
Type: Movie
Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
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Souls for Sale
Title: Souls for Sale
Character: Self - Celebrity Director
Released: April 22, 1923
Type: Movie
A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
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The Pilgrim
Title: The Pilgrim
Character: The Pilgrim
Released: February 19, 1923
Type: Movie
The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
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Seeing Stars
Title: Seeing Stars
Character: Self
Released: October 29, 1922
Type: Movie
First National gala celebrity banquet with stars.
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Pay Day
Title: Pay Day
Character: Laborer
Released: April 2, 1922
Type: Movie
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
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Nice and Friendly
Title: Nice and Friendly
Character: Tramp
Released: January 1, 1922
Type: Movie
This short was made as a wedding present for Lord and Lady Mountbatten. In it, Lady Mountbatten has a valuable pearl necklace, which a very large number of crooks wants to steal.
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The Idle Class
Title: The Idle Class
Character: Tramp / Husband
Released: September 25, 1921
Type: Movie
At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
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The Kid
Title: The Kid
Character: A Tramp
Released: January 21, 1921
Type: Movie
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
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Charlie Butts In
Title: Charlie Butts In
Released: January 1, 1920
Type: Movie
A tramp heads home drunk on a Saturday night, finding it hard to make it to his room. When he finally does, he cannot make it to his bed.
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A Day's Pleasure
Title: A Day's Pleasure
Character: Father
Released: December 15, 1919
Type: Movie
A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
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Sunnyside
Title: Sunnyside
Character: Farm Handyman
Released: June 15, 1919
Type: Movie
An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.
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The Professor
Title: The Professor
Character: Professor Bosco
Released: January 1, 1919
Type: Movie
Professor Bosco, a poor flea trainer, rents a bed in a flophouse. Before going to bed, he rallies his troops and once he has made sure his beloved fleas are settled for the night, the professor prepares to sleep the sleep of the just man. Unfortunately he accidentally knocks the box off his bed and the fleas have the time of their lives pestering Bosco's neighbors. To get the escapees back in their box again, the trainer resorts to... his whip! All is back to normal one more time. But not for long, as a stray dog enters the flophouse and very unwisely opens the box, thus creating new havoc.
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Shoulder Arms
Title: Shoulder Arms
Character: Doughboy
Released: October 20, 1918
Type: Movie
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
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The Bond
Title: The Bond
Character: Charlie
Released: September 29, 1918
Type: Movie
A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to K.O. the Kaiser which Charlie does literally.
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Triple Trouble
Title: Triple Trouble
Character: The Janitor
Released: August 11, 1918
Type: Movie
As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff.
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A Dog's Life
Title: A Dog's Life
Character: Tramp
Released: April 14, 1918
Type: Movie
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
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Chase Me Charlie
Title: Chase Me Charlie
Character: Charlie
Released: April 8, 1918
Type: Movie
Chase Me Charlie was an anthology consisting of excerpts from several of Chaplin's short films made for the Essanay Company, including The Tramp, Shanghaied, In the Park and The Bank. The 1918 film-- fourteen years later-- was re released, this time with music and narration. The score was written by Elias Breeskin and the narration was spoken by Teddy Bergman who later changed his name to Alan Reed
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How to Make Movies
Title: How to Make Movies
Character: Self (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1918
Type: Movie
This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in his compilation 'The Chaplin Revue' in 1959.
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The Adventurer
Title: The Adventurer
Character: The Eel / Commodore Slick
Released: October 22, 1917
Type: Movie
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
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The Immigrant
Title: The Immigrant
Character: Immigrant
Released: June 17, 1917
Type: Movie
An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
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The Cure
Title: The Cure
Character: The Inebriate
Released: April 16, 1917
Type: Movie
An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.
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Easy Street
Title: Easy Street
Character: The Derelict
Released: January 22, 1917
Type: Movie
A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.
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Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
Title: Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
Character: A Tramp
Released: January 22, 1917
Type: Movie
This is an incomplete, then unreleased, and untitled charity film featuring Charlie Chaplin and Harry Lauder. Wikipedia and IMDb lists the film's year as 1918. http://www.jimvallance.com/02-family-folder/harry-lauder-folder/lauder-pages/harry-lauder-films/pg-lauder-films.html lists the filming date as January 22, 1917. That is the date used here. IMDb lists the writer and director as Harry Lauder.
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Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
Title: Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
Character: Self
Released: January 1, 1917
Type: Movie
Renowned French comedian and filmmaker Max Linder visits Charlie Chaplin in 1917.
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Zepped
Title: Zepped
Character: The Tramp
Released: December 23, 1916
Type: Movie
Zepped is a 1916 propaganda comedy short film about a German Zeppelin attack on London during the First World War. Charlie Chaplin appears in the film, although it is unlikely he himself was involved in the production. Making use of stop-motion animation, Zepped uses possibly previously unknown outtakes of three or four earlier Chaplin films: His New Profession (1914), A Jitney Elopement (1915) and The Tramp (1915), and according to Bonhams, By the Sea (1915). Two copies are known: one was unknowingly purchased by a collector who bought an old film reel tin on eBay for £3.20 (about $5) in September 2009 and found the nitrate film inside. He put it up for auction in June 2011 but the sole bid did not reach the £100,000 ($160,000) reserve price. The second copy was found in a tin of assorted items bought from a secondhand shop in Sheffield in July 2011.
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The Rink
Title: The Rink
Character: A Waiter
Released: December 4, 1916
Type: Movie
After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
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Behind the Screen
Title: Behind the Screen
Character: David - Property Man's Assistant
Released: November 13, 1916
Type: Movie
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.
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The Pawnshop
Title: The Pawnshop
Character: Pawnbroker's Assistant
Released: October 2, 1916
Type: Movie
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.
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The Count
Title: The Count
Character: Tailor's Apprentice
Released: September 4, 1916
Type: Movie
A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…
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One A.M.
Title: One A.M.
Character: Le bourgeois alcoolisé
Released: August 7, 1916
Type: Movie
A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.
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The Vagabond
Title: The Vagabond
Character: Street Musician
Released: July 10, 1916
Type: Movie
A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
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The Fireman
Title: The Fireman
Character: Fireman
Released: June 12, 1916
Type: Movie
Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.
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Police
Title: Police
Character: Charlie, Convict 999
Released: May 27, 1916
Type: Movie
Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.
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The Floorwalker
Title: The Floorwalker
Character: Impecunious Customer
Released: May 15, 1916
Type: Movie
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.
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A Burlesque on Carmen
Title: A Burlesque on Carmen
Character: Darn Hosiery
Released: December 18, 1915
Type: Movie
A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
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A Night in the Show
Title: A Night in the Show
Character: Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy
Released: November 20, 1915
Type: Movie
Mr. 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.
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Shanghaied
Title: Shanghaied
Character: Tramp
Released: October 4, 1915
Type: Movie
A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.
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The Bank
Title: The Bank
Character: Janitor
Released: August 9, 1915
Type: Movie
A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.
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A Woman
Title: A Woman
Character: Gentleman / 'Nora Nettlerash'
Released: July 12, 1915
Type: Movie
Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for Charlie and invite him for dinner. The father returns home with a friend. Charlie rushes upstairs and dresses like a woman, shaving his mustache. Both men fall for Charlie.
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Work
Title: Work
Character: Izzy A. Wake's assistant
Released: June 21, 1915
Type: Movie
Charlie 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.
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His Regeneration
Title: His Regeneration
Character: A Customer
Released: May 7, 1915
Type: Movie
A rough criminal gets a second chance at life thanks to a kindly (and wealthy) lady saloon patron. But he hasn't gone straight yet, as he and a partner attempt to rob the home of a rich homeowner-- whose wife is asleep in the next room.
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By the Sea
Title: By the Sea
Character: Stroller
Released: April 29, 1915
Type: Movie
It 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.
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The Tramp
Title: The Tramp
Character: The Tramp
Released: April 12, 1915
Type: Movie
The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.
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A Jitney Elopement
Title: A Jitney Elopement
Character: Suitor, the Fake Count
Released: April 1, 1915
Type: Movie
Edna'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.
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In the Park
Title: In the Park
Character: Charlie
Released: March 18, 1915
Type: Movie
A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug, but takes a few with his walking stick. When the thief tries to take some of Charlie's sausages, Charlie gets the handbag. The handbag makes its way from person to person to its owner, who is angry with her boyfriend who didn't protect her in the first place. The boyfriend decides to throw himself in the lake in despair, so Charlie helps him out.
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The Champion
Title: The Champion
Character: Challenger
Released: March 11, 1915
Type: Movie
Walking 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.
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A Night Out
Title: A Night Out
Character: Reveller
Released: February 15, 1915
Type: Movie
After 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.
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His New Job
Title: His New Job
Character: Film Extra
Released: February 1, 1915
Type: Movie
When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he finally gets to act, he ruins his scene, accidentally destroys the set, and tears the skirt of the star of the movie.
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
Title: Tillie's Punctured Romance
Character: The City Guy
Released: December 21, 1914
Type: Movie
A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him.
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His Prehistoric Past
Title: His Prehistoric Past
Character: Weakchin
Released: December 7, 1914
Type: Movie
Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the end, it turns out to have been a dream; Charlie was asleep in the park.
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Getting Acquainted
Title: Getting Acquainted
Character: Mr. Sniffels
Released: December 5, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie and his wife are in the park when he encounters Ambrose and his wife. Each man is attracted to and shows unwanted attention to the other man's wife. A policeman becomes involved.
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His Trysting Places
Title: His Trysting Places
Character: Clarence, the Husband
Released: November 9, 1914
Type: Movie
On his way to a restaurant, Ambrose, a happily married man, obliges to mail a letter for a woman in the apartment lobby. Unbeknownst to him, the letter is about a rendezvous with her own lover at their "trysting place". Elsewhere, after some domestic frustration, Charlie runs an errand to buy a baby bottle before stopping at the same restaurant. After a confrontation there, they both inadvertently leave with each other's coats. Later, their wives independently discover what appears to be incriminating evidence of extramarital affairs from the pockets of the swapped garments. It all comes to a head when all four of them find themselves at the "trysting place" in the park.
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His Musical Career
Title: His Musical Career
Character: Charlie, Piano Mover
Released: November 7, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St.
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Gentlemen of Nerve
Title: Gentlemen of Nerve
Character: Mr. Wow-Woe, Track Fanatic
Released: October 29, 1914
Type: Movie
Mabel 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.
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Dough and Dynamite
Title: Dough and Dynamite
Character: Pierre
Released: October 26, 1914
Type: Movie
Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
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Those Love Pangs
Title: Those Love Pangs
Character: Masher
Released: October 10, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie and a rival vie for the favor of their landlady.
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The New Janitor
Title: The New Janitor
Character: The Janitor
Released: September 14, 1914
Type: Movie
The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company.
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The Rounders
Title: The Rounders
Character: Mr. Full
Released: September 7, 1914
Type: Movie
Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.
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His New Profession
Title: His New Profession
Character: Charlie
Released: August 31, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.
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The Masquerader
Title: The Masquerader
Character: Film actor
Released: August 27, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
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Recreation
Title: Recreation
Character: Tramp
Released: August 13, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie begins to woo a woman on a bench, only to have her seaman boyfriend object. After a brick fight between the two men that eventually involves two police officers, all five people end up in the local pond to cool off.
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The Face on the Barroom Floor
Title: The Face on the Barroom Floor
Character: Artist
Released: August 10, 1914
Type: Movie
A painter turned tramp (Chaplin), devastated by losing the woman he was courting as a wealthy man, finds himself drunk and getting drunker by the minute with some sailors at a bar until he's literally falling down. He keeps futilely trying to draw the woman's picture on the floor with a piece of chalk until he finally passes out cold (or perhaps dies, as in the poem) at the end of the film.
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The Property Man
Title: The Property Man
Character: Property Man (uncredited)
Released: August 1, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie is in charge of stage props and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star's dressing room. Once all that is resolved the next issue is getting everyone on stage with the correct backdrop.
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Laughing Gas
Title: Laughing Gas
Character: Dentist's assistant
Released: July 9, 1914
Type: Movie
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.
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Mabel's Married Life
Title: Mabel's Married Life
Character: Mabel's Husband
Released: June 20, 1914
Type: Movie
Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband goes off to a bar and gets drunk.
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Mabel's Busy Day
Title: Mabel's Busy Day
Character: Tipsy Nuisance
Released: June 13, 1914
Type: Movie
Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Charlie finds them and gives them away to the hungry spectators at the track as Mabel frantically tries to find her lost box of hot dogs. Mabel finds out that Charlie has stolen them and sends the police after him. Chaos ensues.
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The Knockout
Title: The Knockout
Character: Referee (uncredited)
Released: June 11, 1914
Type: Movie
To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
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Her Friend the Bandit
Title: Her Friend the Bandit
Character: Bandit
Released: June 4, 1914
Type: Movie
A comedy made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand, both of whom co-directed the movie. This is Chaplin's only lost film as no copy is known to exist.
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The Fatal Mallet
Title: The Fatal Mallet
Character: Suitor aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Released: June 1, 1914
Type: Movie
Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays dirty.
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A Busy Day
Title: A Busy Day
Character: Wife
Released: May 7, 1914
Type: Movie
A jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pretty woman.
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Caught in the Rain
Title: Caught in the Rain
Character: Tipsy Hotel Guest aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Released: May 4, 1914
Type: Movie
When a married couple become separated in the park, a tramp sits with the lady and is beat up when her husband rejoins her. He takes a room in their hotel, and chaos ensues.
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Caught in a Cabaret
Title: Caught in a Cabaret
Character: Waiter
Released: April 27, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé.
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Twenty Minutes of Love
Title: Twenty Minutes of Love
Character: Pickpocket
Released: April 20, 1914
Type: Movie
Charlie 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.
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Mabel at the Wheel
Title: Mabel at the Wheel
Character: Villain (uncredited)
Released: April 18, 1914
Type: Movie
A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.
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The Star Boarder
Title: The Star Boarder
Character: The Star Boarder aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1914
Type: Movie
A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.
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Cruel, Cruel Love
Title: Cruel, Cruel Love
Character: Mr. Dovey
Released: March 26, 1914
Type: Movie
This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
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His Favorite Pastime
Title: His Favorite Pastime
Character: Drunken Masher
Released: March 16, 1914
Type: Movie
A very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.
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Tango Tangle
Title: Tango Tangle
Character: Tipsy Dancer
Released: March 9, 1914
Type: Movie
In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.
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A Film Johnnie
Title: A Film Johnnie
Character: The Film Johnnie aka The Tramp (uncredited)
Released: March 2, 1914
Type: Movie
The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
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Between Showers
Title: Between Showers
Character: The Tramp, a Second Gallant
Released: February 28, 1914
Type: Movie
Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and intervenes.
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A Thief Catcher
Title: A Thief Catcher
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Released: February 19, 1914
Type: Movie
Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.
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Mabel's Strange Predicament
Title: Mabel's Strange Predicament
Character: The Tramp (uncredited)
Released: February 9, 1914
Type: Movie
A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.
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Kid Auto Races at Venice
Title: Kid Auto Races at Venice
Character: The Tramp
Released: February 7, 1914
Type: Movie
The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming the event.
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Making a Living
Title: Making a Living
Character: The Swindler (uncredited)
Released: February 2, 1914
Type: Movie
A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.