Chaplin's Essanay Comedies
Chaplin's Essanay Comedies
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15.
Police
1916-05-27
"Police" uses comedy to make pointed - if glancing -social statements which over the years became central to Chaplin's work. Arguably the most mature in the series, the Tramp, released from prison is "once again in the cruel, cruel world" where he meets a former cellmate and sets about to rob the home occupied by a young woman.
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14.
Burlesque on Carmen
1916-04-10
Chaplin's burlesque of Cecil B. DeMille's popular film version of Carmen (1915), starring the great opera diva Geraldine Farrar, was originally intended and completed as a two-reel comedy in January 1916.
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13.
A Night in the Show
1915-11-15
Chaplin plays dual roles in the film: A version of his old stage success of the well-to-do drunk "Mr. Pest," and "Mr.
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12.
Shanghaied
1915-10-04
Charlie is hired to shanghai a crew, only to be shanghaied himself. He has to save himself and his sweetheart, who has stowed away, before the boat is sabotaged for the insurance.
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11.
The Bank
1915-08-09
Charlie the janitor loves the pretty bank secretary, but she already has a sweetheart (whose name also happens to be Charles). The film's equivocal ending became a signature of the Chaplin films.
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10.
A Woman
1915-07-12
Chaplin's last and finest female impersonation. The first half of the film is a typical park comedy in which the Tramp causes havoc as a result of his mischief with a flirtatious woman, soda bottles, and a nearby lake.
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9.
Work
1915-06-21
Chaplin plays a paperhanger's assistant hired to paper a mansion. The job quickly devolves into anarchy, culminating with a massive explosion.
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8.
His Regeneration
1915-05-07
Chaplin made a guest appearance in this one-reel G.M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson drama, as the Tramp in the film's dance-hall sequence. Anderson was "slightly assisted by Charles Chaplin," suggesting that Chaplin may have had a hand in the construction and direction of the film as well. The plot of the drama bears a close resemblance to the story used in Chaplin's "Police."
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7.
By the Sea
1915-04-29
At the beach, Chaplin fights with a stranger, flirts with a married woman, and proceeds to get into his usual trouble. The second of two one-reel comedies Chaplin made for Essanay, photographed along Ocean Front Walk and Abbott Kinney Pier in Venice, California, in just one day.
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6.
The Tramp
1915-04-12
This prototypical Chaplin film is important for its superb characterization and construction and successfully integrating pathos with comedy. The film's sad ending incorporates Chaplin's first use of the classic fade-out, in which the Tramp shuffles away alone into the distance, with his back to the camera.
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5.
A Jitney Elopement
1915-04-01
Charlie must rescue his sweetheart, Edna, from an arranged marriage by posing as a Count, the man to whom Edna is betrothed but whom neither she nor her father have ever seen. The film climaxes with a car chase, featuring a Ford automobile, a target of contemporary humor, alongside San Francisco's Golden Gate Park and Ocean Beach, and ends with a car plunge into the bay at Fisherman's Wharf.
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4.
In the Park
1915-03-18
Charlie deals with a pickpocket in the park. The first of two one-reel comedies Chaplin created for Essanay.
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3.
The Champion
1915-03-11
Charlie goes on a walk with his dog and finds a "good luck" horseshoe. With his newfound 'good luck,' Charlie decides to enter a boxing ring tournament.
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2.
A Night Out
1915-02-01
The plot is a variation of the teaming of Chaplin and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle in the film, The Rounders (1914). In "A Night Out" he is paired to excellent effect with Ben Turpin.
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1.
His New Job
1915-02-01
Charlie is hired as a prop man and is soon demoted to a carpenter's assistant at the Lockstone studio before given the chance to act, which ends in disaster. The film was Chaplin's first pairing with cross-eyed comedian Ben Turpin and features an early appearance by Gloria Swanson as a secretary.
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Contains the movies that Chaplin made for the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company during his one year contract with them (1915).
Chaplin's Essanay Comedies is a series categorized as a new series. Spanning 1 seasons with a total of 15 episodes, the show debuted on 1915. The series has earned a no reviews from both critics and viewers. The IMDb score stands at 0.0.
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Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance
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