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Directed by: Charles Chaplin Written by: Charles Chaplin Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance & Henry Bergman What the box says: Seven funny and touching classics from cinema's comedy master. That Charles Chaplin's Little Fellow (his own name for the Little Tramp) is such a Comic Everyman enabled the master moviemaker to place that character in all manner of situations. That versatility abounds in this treasure chest of seven marvelous movies made for First National between 1918 and 1923. Included are such touchstones as Shoulder Arms (his popular portrayal of World War I trench life), The Idle Class (skewering the rich) and The Pilgrim (lampooning small-town hypocrisy), along with the charming and hilarious views of family life and romance in A Dog's Life, A Day's Pleasure, Sunnyside and Pay Day. Brent's Note: The short films A Dog's Life (1918), Shoulder Arms (1918) and The Pilgrim (1923) are presented here as part of Chaplin's 1959 film The Chaplin Revue. The Chaplin Revue included the three full-length short films, each with a new score composed by Chaplin. Before the first short and in between the following two, Chaplin provides narration over footage from his 1918 short film How To Make Movies. |
