Charlie Chaplin — Playwright (34)
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Work (1915)
Work
director: Charlie Chaplin actor: Charlie Chaplin / Charles Inslee …
other title: Charlot apprendista / Chaplin som Tapetserer …
Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
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A Night in the Show (1915)
A Night in the Show
director: Charlie Chaplin actor: Charlie Chaplin / Edna Purviance …
other title: Una serata a teatro / Chaplin paa Variete …
Two disruptive theater patrons, the wealthy drunk Mr. Pest (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the rowdy working-class Mr. Rowdy (also played by Chaplin), attend a live vaudeville theater production. Their constant antics, seat-hopping, and physical altercations quickly overshadow the acts on stage and plunge the entire theater into absolutely hilarious chaos.
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The Count (1916)
The Count
director: Charlie Chaplin actor: Charlie Chaplin / Edna Purviance …
other title: Charlot conte / Chaplin som Greve …
A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…
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The Champion (1915)
The Champion
director: Charlie Chaplin actor: Charlie Chaplin / Edna Purviance …
other title: Charlot boxeur / Chaplin som Mesterbokser …
Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.
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Easy Street (1917)
Easy Street
director: Charlie Chaplin actor: Charlie Chaplin / Edna Purviance …
other title: La strada della paura / Chaplin som politibetjent …
A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.
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The Adventurer (1917)
The Adventurer
director: Charlie Chaplin actor: Charlie Chaplin / Edna Purviance …
other title: L'evaso / Chaplin som selskabsmand …
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
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Behind the Screen (1916)
Behind the Screen
director: Charlie Chaplin actor: Charlie Chaplin / Eric Campbell …
other title: Charlot macchinista / Chaplin i filmatelieret …
During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.