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Chaplin's Essanay comedies, written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; produced by Jesse T. Robbins, Volume 3

Label
Chaplin's Essanay comedies, written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; produced by Jesse T. Robbins, Volume 3
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
Chaplin's Essanay comedies
Medium
videorecording DVD
Responsibility statement
written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; produced by Jesse T. Robbins
Runtime
131
Summary
A collection of Chaplin's films at Essanay Studios. Shanghaied: Hired to shanghai a crew, Chaplin is himself shanghaied and becomes assistant cook aboard a rolling boat. A Night in the show: Chaplin appears in a dual role as a playboy seated in the orchestra and as an obnoxious workman on a night out seated in the balcony. The latter closes the theater down by turning a fire hose on the fire-eating act. Police: The Tramp released from prison meets a former cell-mate and sets out to rob the home of a young woman. Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen: Parody of the popular Cecil B. DeMille film Carmen. Triple trouble: Charlie works in the home of an eccentric inventor from whom some German spies are attempting to obtain a formula
Table Of Contents
Shanghaied (1915, aka. Charlie Shanghaied, Charlie on the ocean, Charlie the sailor) -- A Night in the show (1915, aka. Charlie at the show, Night at the show) -- Police "Complete version" (1915, aka. Charlie in the police, Charlie the burglar, Housebreaker) -- Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen "Two reel version" (1915) -- Triple trouble (1918, aka. Charlie's triple trouble)
Technique
live action