Charles Chaplin was cinema's first 'superstar.' Widely hailed as a comic genius, he revolutionized film comedy. Born in London and trained in British music halls, Chaplin immigrated to America and entered motion pictures, where he developed his screen persona as the luckless 'Little Tramp' character. Soon he was directing his own films, and he refined movie comedy from pie-in-the-face broad slapstick to humorous portrayals of the human condition, combining hilarity, grace and pathos.
In this remarkable compilation are the comedy shorts made during the most productive years of Chaplin's career, from when he was first starting out as an unknown comic at Keystone Studios to the last short films he made before working exclusively on features. Here are the shorts that made him famous and his 'Little Tramp' character immortal; Easy Street, The Vagabond, The Pawnshop, The Rounders, The Rink, plus many, many more!
Bonus material includes rare 'Charlie Chaplin' cartoons and an ultra rare promotional film showing Chaplin out of make-up- and being waited on by the one and only Buster Keaton!
DISC 1 AT KEYSTONE STUDIOS 1914 197 minutes Making a Living 10:00 Kid Auto Races at Venice 11:00 Between Showers 15:00 A Film Johnny 07:13 Tango tangles AKA Charlie's Recreation 12:00 Cruel Cruel Love 09:13 Mabel at the Wheel 15:00 Mabel's Busy Day 9:32 Caught in a Cabaret 15:50 Mabel's Married Life 14:00 The Masquerader 9:22 His New Profession AKA The Good For Nothing 16:00 The Rounders 08:20 The Rival Mashers AKA Those Love Pangs 16:00 Dough and Dynamite 18:20
DISC 2 AT ESSANAY STUDIOS 1915 218 minutes A Night Out 16:00 The Champion 31:00 In the Park 14:25 A Jitney Elopement 15:00 The Tramp 19:44 Shanghaied 27:22 A Night in the Show 23:41 Burlesque on Carmen 31:20 Police 25:39 Triple Trouble 14:33
DISC 3 1916 AT MUTUAL STUDIOS 181 minutes The Floorwalker 21:00 The Fireman 24:23 The Vagabond 22:52 One A. M. 17:00 The Count 25:20 The Pawnshop 32 Behind the Screen 20:53 The Rink 20:31
DISC 4 1917-1918 MUTUAL TO FIRST NATIONAL 174 minutes Easy Street 19:44 The Cure 20:45 The Immigrant 25:20 The Adventurer 23:50 A Dog's Life 40:00 Shoulder Arms 45:00
DISC 5 1919 - 1922 AT FIRST NATIONAL 174 minutes Sunnyside 34:00 A Day's Pleasure 21:00 The Idle Class 25:00 Pay Day 26:00
BONUS MATERIAL Seeing Stars 11:00 Hollywood Rivals: Charlie Chaplin vs. Buster Keaton 50 minutes
- Actors: Charlie Chaplin
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
- Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language (Original Language): English
- Region Code: 1
- Release Date: 2006-06-06
- Running Time: 950 minutes
