| Edition |
Digitally remastered version, speed corrected. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (131 min.) : sound, black and white and color tinted ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Videodisc release of five short films originally produced by Essanay Film Manufacturing Co. between 1915 and 1918. |
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Restored film and special contents by Film Preservation Associates. |
| Contents |
Shanghaied -- Charlie Shanghaied -- Charlie on the ocean -- Charlie the sailor -- Night in the show -- Charlie at the show -- Night at the show -- Police -- Charlie in the police -- Charlie the burglar -- Housebreaker -- Burlesque on Carmen -- Triple trouble |
| Credits |
Photographed by Harry Ensign ; music by Robert Israel and Eric James ; produced for video by David Shepard. |
| Cast |
Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, Charlotte Mineau, Leo White, Ben Turpin, Bud Jamison, Billy Armstrong, Snub Pollard. |
| Summary |
A collection of Chaplin's films at Essanay Studios. Shanghaied: Hired to shanghai a crew, Chaplin is himself shanghaied and becomes assistant cook aboard a rolling boat. A Night in the show: Chaplin appears in a dual role as a playboy seated in the orchestra and as an obnoxious workman on a night out seated in the balcony. The latter closes the theater down by turning a fire hose on the fire-eating act. Police: The Tramp released from prison meets a former cell-mate and sets out to rob the home of a young woman. Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen: Parody of the popular Cecil B. DeMille film Carmen. Triple trouble: Charlie works in the home of an eccentric inventor from whom some German spies are attempting to obtain a formula. |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Language |
Silent films with intertitles and musical accompaniment. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
Some of the Simsbury Public Library items are are part of the Hayes Collection. |
| Subject |
Tramps -- Drama.
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| Added Author |
Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
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Purviance, Edna, 1896-1958.
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Turpin, Ben, 1874-1940.
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White, Leo, 1882-1948.
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Mineau, Charlotte.
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Jamison, Bud, 1894-1944.
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Armstrong, Billy, 1891-1924.
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Ruggles, Wesley, 1889-1972.
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Pollard, Snub, 1889-1962.
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Shepard, David.
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Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.
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Film Preservation Associates.
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Image Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Shanghaied.
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Charlie Shanghaied.
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Charlie on the ocean.
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Charlie the sailor.
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Night in the show.
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Charlie at the show.
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Night at the show.
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Police.
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Charlie in the police.
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Charlie the burglar.
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Housebreaker.
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Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen.
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Burlesque on Carmen.
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Triple trouble.
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Charlie's triple trouble.
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| Standard No. |
014381541526 |
| Music No. |
ID5415SDVD Image Entertainment |
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