Chaplin's Essanay comedies. Volume 2

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Title:

Chaplin's Essanay comedies. Volume 2

Author:

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, screenwriter, director, actor.

Edition:

Digitally remastered version, speed corrected.

Publication Information:

Chatsworth, CA : Image Entertainment [distributor], [1999]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (135 min.) : silent, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in.

Summary:

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.

General Note:

Videodisc release of six short films originally produced by Essanay Film Manufacturing Co. in 1915.

Restored film and special contents by Film Preservation Associates.

Language:

No linguistic content

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.

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Added Author:

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977,

Purviance, Edna, 1896-1958,

Goodwins, Fred, 1891-1923,

Anderson, Gilbert M., 1880-1971,