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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comedic actor and film director. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema.
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The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator is a comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. First released in October 1940, it was Chaplin's first true talking picture, and more importantly was the only major film of its period to bitterly satirize Nazism and...
Initial release date:
- 1940
Runtime:
- 124 min (74.4 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 2,000,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
City Lights
City Lights is a 1931 American silent romantic comedy film starring, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. It also stars Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers. Despite the fact that the production of silent films had dwindled with the rise of ...
Initial release date:
- 1931
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 87 min (52 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 1,500,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite. Chaplin declared several times...
Initial release date:
- 1925
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 112 min (67.2 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 923,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
The Immigrant
The Immigrant (also called Broke) is a 1917 short comedy film starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and befriends a young woman along...
Initial release date:
- Jun 17, 1917
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
Modern Times
Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions many people faced...
Initial release date:
- 1936
Directed by:
Rating:
Runtime:
- 87 min (52 hs )
Estimated budget:
- 1,500,000 (US$)
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
The Circus
The Circus is a 1928 silent film which finds Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character being chased by a police officer having been mistook for a pickpocket. Running into the circus main tent in an attempt to escape the law, the patrons there mistake...
Initial release date:
- Jan 6, 1928
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 70 min (42 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin.
The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux...
Initial release date:
- 1947
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 104 min (62.4 hs )
Produced by:
A Woman of Paris
A Woman of Paris is a feature-length silent film that debuted in 1923. The film, an atypical drama film for its creator, was written, directed, produced and later scored by Charlie Chaplin. It is also known as A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate....
Initial release date:
- Sep 26, 1923
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 93 min (56 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Limelight
Limelight is a 1952 comedy-drama film written, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, co-starring Claire Bloom, with an appearance by Buster Keaton. In dance scenes, Bloom is doubled by Melissa Hayden. The film score is composed by Chaplin and...
Initial release date:
- 1952
Directed by:
Produced by:
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Behind the Screen
Behind the Screen is a 1916 short silent film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and also starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance. The film takes place in a movie studio; Chaplin plays a stagehand named David while Campbell, a...
Initial release date:
- Nov 13, 1916
Runtime:
- 15 min (9 hs )
Produced by:
Twenty Minutes of Love
Twenty Minutes of Love is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios. It was the first film directed by Charlie Chaplin.
Initial release date:
- Apr 20, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 20 min (12 hs )
Produced by:
The Kid
The Kid is a 1921 silent dramedy film by Charlie Chaplin that featured Jackie Coogan, as his adopted son and sidekick (see 1921 in film). It was a huge success, and was the second-highest grossing film in 1921, behind The Four Horsemen of the...
Initial release date:
- 1921
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 68 min (41 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
A Busy Day
A Busy Day is a 1914 short film starring Charlie Chaplin and Mack Swain.
In A Busy Day, Chaplin plays a wife jealous of her husband's (Mack Swain) interest in another woman, played by Phyllis Allen. On her way to attack the couple, the wife...
Initial release date:
- 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 6 min (3.6 hs )
Produced by:
Pay Day
Pay Day (1922) is an American short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in the film.
It is notable as Chaplin's final two-reel short film.
Funny Parts: Lunchtime: Two men on Ground Level, Charlie on...
Initial release date:
- Apr 2, 1922
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 28 min (17 hs )
Screenplay by:
A King in New York
A King in New York is a 1957 film directed by and starring Charles Chaplin in his last leading role, which presents a satirical view of certain aspects of United States politics and society. The film was produced in Europe after Chaplin's exile from...
Initial release date:
- 1957
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 110 min (66 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
The New Janitor
The New Janitor was the 27th comedy from Keystone Studios to feature Charlie Chaplin. The film is arguably one of his best for the studio, and a precursor to a key Essanay Studios short, The Bank. The film also demonstrates the differences that...
Initial release date:
- Sep 14, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 16 min (9.6 hs )
Produced by:
A Night in the Show
A Night in the Show was Charlie Chaplin's 12th film for Essanay. It was made at Majestic Studio in Los Angeles the fall of 1915. Chaplin played two roles: one as Mr. Pest and one as Mr. Rowdy. The film was created from Chaplin's stage work from a...
Initial release date:
- Nov 20, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 30 min (18 hs )
Produced by:
The Pawnshop
The Pawnshop was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Mutual Film Company. Chaplin played the role of assistant to the pawnshop owner. Henry Bergman played the owner and Edna Purviance the owner's daughter. Albert Austin played an alarm clock owner who...
Initial release date:
- Oct 2, 1916
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
The Floorwalker
The Floorwalker was Charlie Chaplin's first Mutual Film Corporation film, made in 1916. It starred Chaplin as a customer in a department store who finds out the manager is stealing money from the store.
It was noted for the first 'running staircase'...
Initial release date:
- May 15, 1916
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
A Woman
A Woman was Charlie Chaplin's ninth film for Essanay Films. It was made in Los Angeles at the Majestic Studio and released in 1915. The film starts with Chaplin meeting Edna (Edna Purviance) and her parents in a park; the mother is played by Marta...
Initial release date:
- Jul 12, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 20 min (12 hs )
Produced by:
By the Sea
By the Sea is a 1915 film Charlie Chaplin made while waiting for a studio to work in Los Angeles. He just left Niles Essanay Studio after doing five films at that location. By the Sea was filmed all on location at Crystal Pier in April 1915. The...
Initial release date:
- Apr 29, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 20 min (12 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
A Jitney Elopement
A Jitney Elopement was Charlie Chaplin's fifth film for Essanay Films. It starred Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance as lovers, with Edna wanting Charlie to take her away from an arranged marriage her father (played by Fred Goodwins) had planned for...
Initial release date:
- Apr 1, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 33 min (20 hs )
Produced by:
The Pilgrim
The Pilgrim is a 1923 American silent film made by Charlie Chaplin for the First National Film Company, starring Chaplin and Edna Purviance.
The film marks the last time Edna Purviance would co-star with Chaplin and the last film he made for First...
Initial release date:
- Feb 26, 1923
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 59 min (35 hs )
The Bond
The Bond is a propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee for theatrical release to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I.
Made in 1918 with Edna Purviance, Albert Austin and Sydney Chaplin,...
Initial release date:
- 1918
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 5 min (3 hs )
The Tramp
The Tramp was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Essanay Studios in 1915. Directed by Chaplin, it was the fifth and last film made at Essanay's Niles, California studio. The Tramp marked the beginning of The Tramp character most known today, even...
Initial release date:
- Apr 11, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 32 min (19 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
One A.M.
One A.M. was a unique Charlie Chaplin silent film created for Mutual Films in 1916. It was the first film he starred in alone, except for a brief scene of Albert Austin playing a cab driver.
Chaplin plays the role of a homeowner coming home late,...
Initial release date:
- 1917
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
The Count
The Count is Charlie Chaplin's fifth film for Mutual Films in 1916. Co-starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance, it is a story about Charlie and his boss finding an invitation to a party from a real Count. Each try to play the role as the Count...
Initial release date:
- Sep 4, 1916
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
Police!
Police was Charlie Chaplin's 14th released film from Essanay released in 1916. It was made at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles. Charlie playing an ex-convict finds life on the outside not to his liking and leads him to breaking into a home with...
Initial release date:
- May 27, 1916
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 34 min (20 hs )
Produced by:
A Day's Pleasure
A Day's Pleasure (1919) is Charlie Chaplin's fourth film for First National Films. It was created at the Chaplin Studio. It was a quickly made two-reeler to help fill a gap while working on his first feature The Kid. It is about a day outing with...
Initial release date:
- Dec 15, 1919
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 25 min (15 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Shoulder Arms
Shoulder Arms is Charlie Chaplin's second film for First National Pictures. Released in 1918, it is a silent comedy set in France during World War I. The main part of the film occurs in a dream. It co-starred Edna Purviance and Sydney Chaplin,...
Initial release date:
- Oct 20, 1918
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 46 min (28 hs )
A Dog's Life
A Dog's Life (1918) is a silent film written, produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin. This was Chaplin's first film for First National Films.
Chaplin plays opposite an animal as "co-star". "Scraps" (the dog) was the hero in this film, as she helps...
Initial release date:
- Apr 14, 1918
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 40 min (24 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Sunnyside
Sunnyside is a 1919 short silent film written, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin. It was his third film for First National Pictures.
Chaplin plays a handyman at a hotel. His love interest in the village is the girl played by Edna Purviance. A...
Initial release date:
- Jun 15, 1919
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 34 min (20 hs )
The Rink
The Rink, a silent film from 1916, was Charlie Chaplin's eighth film for Mutual Films. It co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman and Albert Austin. It is best known for showcasing Chaplin's roller skating skills.
After amusements...
Initial release date:
- Dec 4, 1916
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
Burlesque on Carmen
Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen was Chaplin's 13th film for Essanay Films. It was released in 1915 and then later recut into a different version in 1916. Charlie Chaplin played Darn Hosiery and Edna Purviance played Carmen. Carmen was very...
Initial release date:
- 1916
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 37 min (22 hs )
Produced by:
In the Park
In the Park was Charlie Chaplin's fourth film released in 1915 by Essanay Films. It was his third film while at the Niles Essanay Studio. It was one of several films Charlie Chaplin created in a park setting. The film co-starred Edna Purviance, Leo...
Initial release date:
- Mar 18, 1915
Directed by:
The Vagabond
The Vagabond is a silent film by Charlie Chaplin and his third film with Mutual Films. Released to theaters on July 10, 1916, it co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White and Lloyd Bacon. This film echoed Chaplin's work on The Tramp, with...
Initial release date:
- Jul 10, 1916
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
The Bank
The Bank was Charlie Chaplin's tenth film for Essanay Films.
Released in 1915, it is a departure from the tramp character, as Charlie Chaplin plays a janitor at a bank. Edna Purviance plays the secretary Charlie has a crush on and dreams that she...
Initial release date:
- Aug 9, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 33 min (20 hs )
Produced by:
The Idle Class
The Idle Class is a 1921 American silent film made by First National Pictures. It was written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.
Charlie Chaplin, as the "Little Tramp", heads to a resort for warm weather and a bit of golf. While at a dance at a...
Initial release date:
- Sep 25, 1921
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 32 min (19 hs )
Produced by:
Triple Trouble
Triple Trouble is a silent film that was released in 1918. It starred Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Leo White. This film was not an official Chaplin film, even though it has many Chaplin directed scenes. The film was produced and edited by...
Initial release date:
- Aug 11, 1918
Runtime:
- 23 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Work
Work is a 1915 silent film starring Charlie Chaplin (his eighth film for Essanay Films), and co-starring Edna Purviance, Marta Golden and Charles Insley. It was filmed at the Majestic Studio in Los Angeles.
Charlie and his boss have difficulties...
Initial release date:
- Jun 21, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 33 min (20 hs )
Produced by:
Dough and Dynamite
Dough and Dynamite is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin.
The story involves Chaplin and Chester Conklin working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to...
Initial release date:
- Oct 26, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 33 min (20 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Easy Street
Easy Street is a 1917 short comedy film by Charlie Chaplin.
In the film, the police are failing to maintain law and order and so it is Chaplin, as the Little Tramp character, who steps forward (rather reluctantly) to rid the street of bullies, help...
Initial release date:
- Feb 5, 1917
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
The Masquerader
The Masquerader is a 1914 film written and directed by Charles Chaplin and starring Chaplin and Roscoe Arbuckle. Its running time is 16 minutes. It is the tenth film directed and the second written by Chaplin.
Charlie plays an actor who bungles...
Initial release date:
- Aug 27, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 16 min (9.6 hs )
Produced by:
A Night Out
A Night Out is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy short. It was Chaplin's first film with Edna Purviance, who would continue as his leading lady for the following eight years. It was also Chaplin's first film with Essanay Film Company in Niles,...
Initial release date:
- Feb 15, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 33 min (20 hs )
Produced by:
A Countess from Hong Kong
A Countess from Hong Kong is a 1967 comedy film and the last film directed by Charlie Chaplin. It was one of two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role (the other was 1923's A Woman of Paris), and his only color film. Chaplin's...
Initial release date:
- Jan 5, 1967
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 120 min (72 hs )
Screenplay by:
The Adventurer
The Adventurer is a short comedy film made in 1917 written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. It is the last out of the twelve films made while he was under contract for the Mutual Film Corporation.
Chaplin plays an escaped convict on the run from...
Initial release date:
- Oct 22, 1917
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
The Champion
The Champion is a comedy film released in 1915 by Essanay Studios, starring Charlie Chaplin alongside Edna Purviance and Leo White. Essanay co-owner and star, Broncho Billy Anderson can be seen as an enthusiastic audience member in the boxing match...
Initial release date:
- Mar 11, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 33 min (20 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
The Fireman
The Fireman is the second film Charlie Chaplin created for Mutual Films in 1916. Released on June 12, 1916, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd Bacon. Lloyd Bacon played a character trying to arrange with...
Initial release date:
- Jun 12, 1916
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
The Cure
The Cure is a 1917 short comedy film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.
Chaplin plays an inebriate who checks into a health spa to dry out, but brings along a suitcase full of alcohol. Along the way he aggravates a large man, escapes a bulky...
Initial release date:
- Apr 16, 1917
Runtime:
- 24 min (14 hs )
Produced by:
His New Profession
His New Profession is a 1914 American comedy silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin. The film involves Chaplin taking care of a man in a wheelchair.
Initial release date:
- Aug 31, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 16 min (9.6 hs )
Produced by:
Recreation
Recreation is a short comedy film written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It was released on 13 August 1914.
Initial release date:
- Aug 13, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 7 min (4.2 hs )
Produced by:
The Rounders
For a 1965 film of the same name, see The Rounders (1965 film).
For a 1966 television series of the same name, see The Rounders (TV series).
The Rounders is a 1914 comedy short starring Charles Chaplin and Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. The film involves...
Initial release date:
- 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 16 min (9.6 hs )
Produced by:
His New Job
His New Job is a short 1915 film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Gloria Swanson appears as an uncredited extra. The title is an inside reference to this being Chaplin's first film after leaving Keystone Studios for Essanay...
Initial release date:
- Feb 1, 1915
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 32 min (19 hs )
Produced by:
His Prehistoric Past
His Prehistoric Past is a short movie written by and directed by Charlie Chaplin in 1914. He also stars in this short. It was Chaplin's last film with Keystone Studios.
Set in the stone age, King Low-Brow rules the land and a harem of wives. When...
Initial release date:
- Dec 7, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 10 min (6 hs )
Produced by:
The Face on the Bar Room Floor
The Face on the Bar Room Floor is a short film written and directed by Charles Chaplin in 1914. Chaplin stars in this film, loosely based on the poem of the same name by Hugh Antoine d'Arcy.
A painter turned tramp (Charlie Chaplin), devastated by...
Initial release date:
- Aug 10, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 14 min (8.4 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
His Trysting Place
His Trysting Place is a short 1914 film starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand.
Charlie and his friend Ambrose meet in a restaurant and accidentally leave with each other's coats. Charlie was going to pick up a baby bottle and Ambrose was going...
Initial release date:
- Nov 9, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 32 min (19 hs )
Produced by:
Caught in the Rain
Caught in the Rain is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin. This film was the first of many movies that Charlie Chaplin both directed and starred.
Initial release date:
- May 4, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 16 min (9.6 hs )
Produced by:
Her Friend the Bandit
Her Friend the Bandit is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, both of whom co-directed the movie. This is Chaplin's only lost film as no copy is known to exist.
Initial release date:
- Jun 4, 1914
Runtime:
- 16 min (9.6 hs )
Produced by:
Mabel's Married Life
Mabel's Married Life is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring and co-written by Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and directed by Chaplin. As was so often the case during his first year in film, Chaplin's character is...
Initial release date:
- Jun 20, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 17 min (10 hs )
Produced by:
Screenplay by:
Laughing Gas
Laughing Gas is a 1914 film starring Charlie Chaplin. It is also known as "Busy Little Dentist", "Down and Out", "Laffing Gas", "The Dentist", and "Tuning His Ivories".
Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After...
Initial release date:
- Jul 9, 1914
Directed by:
Runtime:
- 16 min (9.6 hs )
