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Chaplin's Essanay comedies. / Vol. 2
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Chaplin's Essanay comedies. / Vol. 2

Author: Charlie ChaplinEdna PurvianceFred GoodwinsGilbert M AndersonLloyd BaconAll authors
Publisher: Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment [distributor], ©1999.
Edition/Format:   DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : No Linguistic Content : Digitally remastered version, speed correctedView all editions and formats
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A collection of Chaplin's films at Essanay Studios. The tramp: Charlie saves a farmer's daughter from some thieving toughs, but soon learns that her heart belongs to another. By the sea: Charlie's stroll by the sea finds him making enemies with a drunk, a husband and the police. Work: Charlie plays a paper hanger's assistant who is hired to paper a home where peace is replaced with anarchy, culminating with a  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Comedy films
Short films
Silent films
Drama
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Charlie Chaplin; Edna Purviance; Fred Goodwins; Gilbert M Anderson; Lloyd Bacon; Billy Armstrong; Bud Jamison; Leo White; Margie Reiger; Marta Golden; Carl Stockdale; Charles Inslee; Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.; Film Preservation Associates.; Image Entertainment (Firm)
OCLC Number: 42680121
Language Note: Silent films with intertitles and musical accompaniment.
Notes: Videodisc release of six short films originally produced by Essanay Film Manufacturing Co. in 1915.
Restored film and special contents by Film Preservation Associates.
Title from container.
Credits: Photographed by Harry Ensign ; music by Robert Israel and Eric James ; produced for video by David Shepard.
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Fred Goodwins, Lloyd Bacon, Billy Armstrong, Bud Jamison, Leo White, Margie Reiger, Marta Golden, Carl Stockdale, Charles Inslee, G.M. Anderson.
Description: 1 videodisc (135 min.) : sd., b&w and col. tinted ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD (NTSC, region 0); Dolby Digital stereo.
Contents: The tramp (aka. Charlie on the farm, Charlie the hobo, Charlie the tramp) --
By the sea (aka. Charlie by the sea, Charlie's day out) --
Work (aka. Charlie at work, Charlie the decorator, Only a working man, The Paperhanger, the plumber) --
A Woman (aka. Charlie the perfect lady, The perfect lady) --The Bank (aka. Charlie detective, Charlie at the bank, Charlie in the bank) --
His regeneration.
Other Titles: Tramp.
By the sea.
Work.
Woman.
Bank.
His regeneration.
Charlie on the farm.
Charlie the hobo.
Charlie the tramp.
Charlie by the sea.
Charlie's day out.
Charlie at work.
Charlie the decorator.
Charlie the perfect lady.
Charlie detective.
Charlie at the bank.
Chaplin's Essanay comedies.
Responsibility: written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; produced by Jesse T. Robbins.
Local System Bib Number:
157782

Abstract:

A collection of Chaplin's films at Essanay Studios. The tramp: Charlie saves a farmer's daughter from some thieving toughs, but soon learns that her heart belongs to another. By the sea: Charlie's stroll by the sea finds him making enemies with a drunk, a husband and the police. Work: Charlie plays a paper hanger's assistant who is hired to paper a home where peace is replaced with anarchy, culminating with a massive explosion. A Woman: Charlie disguises himself as a woman in order to be near Edna after her father has forbidden her to see him. The Bank: Charlie, the janitor loves Edna, the pretty bank secretary, but her sweetheart is another Charles, the cashier. His regeneration: Chaplin makes a guest appearance in this "Broncho Billy" Anderson drama, as the tramp in a dance hall sequence.
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