This is Charlie Chaplin’s 24th movie, filmed and released in 1914. Charlie Chaplin plays the Tramp. A girl sitting with a seaman on a bench moves the bench where the Tramp is sitting. This stirs up a brick fight between the seaman and the tramp, inadvertently hitting and bringing into the fight some nearby policemen. All […]
Making A Living - 1914
This is Charlie Chaplin’s first screen role, where he plays a woman loving swindler.
The Paleface - 1922
Buster Keaton inadvertently becomes part of a Native American tribe in the middle of fighting off some wealthy white oil people who want their land.
The Rink - 1916
Charlie Chaplin plays a clumsy waiter who causes unrest in the restaurant he works at. Having done all the damage he could do there, he moves on to the roller rink to see what kind of damage he can do in skates. This is Charlie Chaplin’s 8th picture he did for Mutual.
The Pawnshop - 1916
While competing with a co-worker, Charlie Chaplin nearly destroys everything and himself.
The Cure - 1917
Charlie Chaplin plays an alcoholic who comes to a health clinic to sober up, toting a rather large amount of alcohol with him. While there, both Chaplin and his alcohol begin to cause problems and chaos in the health spa. Chaplin’s alcohol has been getting the staff drunk, who are then forced to pour it […]
The Electric House - 1922
A Buster Keaton classic (aren’t they all?) where at his graduation he receives the wrong diploma. This is actually helpful to him because it gets him a job he uses to impress a lady he’s sweet on by installing electricity into their house. Of course, he actually has no idea what he’s doing. Comedy ensues…
The Adventurer - 1917
The Little Tramp escapes from prison; saves a girl and her mother from drowning; and creates havoc at a swank party.
Cops - 1922
A series of mistaken identity mishaps manages to make a young man get chased by a big city’s entire police force. This is another great Buster Keaton short movie.