| Description |
1 videodisc (53 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 fold-out booklet. |
| Physical Medium |
DVD video 4 3/4 in. rda |
| Description |
digital optical monaural Dolby digital rda |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video region 1 rda |
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Motion pictures lcgft |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 799 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 799.
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| System Details |
DVD, NTSC, region 1 ; fullscreen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby digital mono. |
| Language |
Silent film, with musical accompaniement and English intertitles. |
| Cast |
Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jack Coogan, Carl Miller. |
| Credits |
Music composed by Charlie Chaplin ; music orchestrated and conducted by Eric Rogers ; cinematography, Roland "Rollie" Totheroh ; editor, Charlie Chaplin. |
| Note |
DVD release of the 1972 rerelease version of the 1921 motion picture. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
The Tramp and his ragamuffin sidekick triumph over life's hard knocks in the landmark film that changed the notion of what a screen comedy could be. |
| Note |
Special features: Commentary (new audio commentary featuring Chaplin scholar Charles Maland); Interviews: Jackie Coogan (recorded by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill for the 1980 British television series Hollywood: A Celebration of the American Silent Film), Lita Grey Chaplin (recalls her role in the film and her marriage to Chaplin at sixteen), Rollie Totheroh (recalls the editing of the film), Mo Rotheman (the distributor discusses the film with Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance); Jackie Coogan: the first child star (a new video essay by Chaplin scholar Lisa Haven); A study in undercranking (silent-film specialist Ben Model looks at how Chaplin used filming and projecting speeds to create unique gags only for silent film); Charlie Chaplin conducts The kid (Chaplin conducting the film score); From the 1921 version (deleted scenes and titles from the original 1921 version of The Kid); "Charlie" on the ocean (1921 newsreel from Chaplins first trip back to Europe after becoming an American actor); Nice and friendly (1922 short presented with new score by Timothy Brock); excerpted audio interviews; Trailers. Insert includes essay by film scholar Tom Gunning. |
| Subject |
Tramps -- Drama.
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Orphans -- Drama.
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Orphans. (OCoLC)fst01048433
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Tramps. (OCoLC)fst01154474
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| Genre/Form |
Comedy films.
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Silent films.
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Silent films -- United States.
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Fiction films.
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Feature films.
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Feature films -- United States.
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Drama. (OCoLC)fst01423879
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Feature films. (OCoLC)fst01710384
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Silent films. (OCoLC)fst01710368
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| Added Author |
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, screenwriter, film producer, film director, actor, composer (expression), editor of moving image work.
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Purviance, Edna, 1896-1958, actor.
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Coogan, Jackie, 1914-1984, actor.
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Miller, Carl, 1893-1979, actor.
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Rogers, Eric, 1921-1981, composer (expression), conductor.
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Totheroh, Roland H., 1890-1967, director of photography.
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Maland, Charles J., commentator.
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Brownlow, Kevin, interviewer (expression)
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Gill, David, 1928-1997 interviewer (expression)
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Vance, Jeffrey, 1970- interviewer (expression)
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Haven, Lisa Stein, 1960- filmmaker.
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Model, Ben, interviewee (expression)
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Brock, Timothy, composer (expression)
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Gunning, Tom, 1949- writer of supplementary textual content.
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Charlie Chaplin Productions. production company
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Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher.
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| ISBN |
9781681431109 |
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1681431106 |
| Standard No. |
715515168113 |
| Music No. |
CC2585D The Criterion Collection |
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