Charlie Chaplin
Biography: Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency by the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in Kid Auto Races (1914). From 1914 onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was producing them, and by 1918 he was also composing the music for them. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: April 16, 1889
Deathday: December 25, 1977
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City Lights
1931-02-06
City Lights
Overview: A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-02-06
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The Great Dictator
1940-10-15
The Great Dictator
Overview: Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-15
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The Gold Rush
1925-07-13
The Gold Rush
Overview: A gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
Genres: Adventure Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1925-07-13
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The Rink
1916-12-04
The Rink
Overview: After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-04
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The Pawnshop
1916-10-02
The Pawnshop
Overview: A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-10-02
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The Count
1916-09-04
The Count
Overview: 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…
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-09-04
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Modern Times
1936-02-05
Modern Times
Overview: A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time..
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-02-05
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The Kid
1921-01-21
The Kid
Overview: A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-01-21
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A Countess from Hong Kong
1967-01-05
A Countess from Hong Kong
Overview: A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-01-05
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The Tramp
1915-04-12
The Tramp
Overview: The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-12
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Between Showers
1914-02-28
Between Showers
Overview: Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and intervenes.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-02-28
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Cruel, Cruel Love
1914-03-26
Cruel, Cruel Love
Overview: This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-03-26
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Dough and Dynamite
1914-10-26
Dough and Dynamite
Overview: Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-10-26
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Kid Auto Races at Venice
1914-02-07
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Overview: The Tramp interferes with the celebration of several kid auto races in Venice, California (Junior Vanderbilt Cup Race, January 10 and 11, 1914), standing himself in the way of the cameraman who is filming the event.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-02-07
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Laughing Gas
1914-07-09
Laughing Gas
Overview: Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-07-09
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Mabel's Busy Day
1914-06-13
Mabel's Busy Day
Overview: Mabel tries to sell hot dogs at a car race, but isn't doing a very good job at it. She sets down the box of hot dogs and leaves them for a moment. Charlie finds them and gives them away to the hungry spectators at the track as Mabel frantically tries to find her lost box of hot dogs. Mabel finds out that Charlie has stolen them and sends the police after him. Chaos ensues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-06-13
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Mabel's Strange Predicament
1914-02-09
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Overview: A tramp gets drunk in a hotel lobby and, upstairs, causes some misunderstandings between Mabel, two hotel guests across the hall from her room, and Mabel's visiting sweetheart.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-02-09
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The Fatal Mallet
1914-06-01
The Fatal Mallet
Overview: Three men compete for the attentions of a pretty girl. One of them, a little tramp, plays dirty.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-06-01
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The Masquerader
1914-08-27
The Masquerader
Overview: Charlie plays an actor who bungles several scenes and is kicked out. He returns convincingly dressed as a lady and charms the director, but Charlie never makes it into the film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-08-27
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The New Janitor
1914-09-14
The New Janitor
Overview: The hero, a janitor played by Chaplin, is fired from work for accidentally knocking his bucket of water out the window and onto his boss the chief banker (Tandy). Meanwhile, one of the junior managers (Dillon) is being threatened with exposure by his bookie for gambling debts unpaid. Thus the manager decides to steal from the company.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-14
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Tillie's Punctured Romance
1914-12-21
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Overview: A womanizing city man meets Tillie in the country. When he sees that her father has a very large bankroll for his workers, he persuades her to elope with him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-21
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Monsieur Verdoux
1947-09-26
Monsieur Verdoux
Overview: 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 has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-09-26
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The Adventurer
1917-10-22
The Adventurer
Overview: 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…
Genres: Comedy Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-10-22
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021-11-19
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Overview: A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2021-11-19
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Caught in a Cabaret
1914-04-27
Caught in a Cabaret
Overview: Charlie is a clumsy waiter in a cheap cabaret, suffering the strict orders from his boss. He meets a pretty girl in the park and tries to impress her by pretending to be an ambassador. Unfortunately she has a jealous fiancé.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-27
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Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
2003-07-17
Chaplin Today: 'A Woman of Paris'
Overview: "A Woman of Paris" (1923) was the first film Chaplin made for United Artists Film Corporation, which he founded with his friends Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith. Chaplin had long considered making a dramatic feature. For the first time, he decided to direct. Actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann analyses the film. She talks about the acting, the originality of the characterizations, as well as the "feminine" viewpoint Chaplin adopted for the first time in his films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-17
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Sophia Loren, a special destiny
2019-12-24
Sophia Loren, a special destiny
Overview: With a maddening sensuality, the unforgettable actress of the film "A Special Day" embodies the golden age of Italian cinema. From the suburbs of Naples to Hollywood, this biographical documentary looks back at the flamboyant career and destiny of Sophia Loren.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-24
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Hollywood
1923-08-19
Hollywood
Overview: Angela comes to Hollywood with only two things: Her dream to become a movie star, and Grandpa. She leaves an Aunt, a brother, Grandma, and her longtime boyfriend back in Centerville. Despite seeing major movie stars around every corner, and knocking on every casting office door in town, at the end of her first day she is still unemployed. To her horror, when she arrives back at their hotel, she finds that Grandpa has been cast in a movie by William DeMille and quickly becomes a star during the ensuing weeks. Her family, worried that Angela and Grandpa are getting into trouble, come to Hollywood to drag them back home. In short order Aunt, Grandma, brother, boyfriend and even the parrot become superstars, but Angela is still unemployed...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-08-19
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The Hollywood Clowns
1979-03-23
The Hollywood Clowns
Overview: Glenn Ford narrates this hilarious look back at the greatest comedians in movie history.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1979-03-23
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The Vagabond
1916-07-10
The Vagabond
Overview: A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-07-10
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Limelight
1952-10-23
Limelight
Overview: A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1952-10-23
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A King in New York
1957-09-12
A King in New York
Overview: A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-09-12
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The Circus
1928-01-06
The Circus
Overview: Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Genres: Comedy Family Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-06
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A Dog's Life
1918-04-14
A Dog's Life
Overview: The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-14
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Chaplin at Keystone
2012-07-03
Chaplin at Keystone
Overview: Charles Chaplin came to Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios late in 1913 as a little-known British vaudevillian, and after a year, had not only established his Tramp character, learned to write and direct his own films, and also achieved public recognition as a star comedian. Although Keystone did not publicize its performers by name, standees of Chaplin's likeness outside theaters sufficed to attract audiences. Some of the films, especially TILLIE’S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1914), remained in theatrical distribution for decades.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2012-07-03
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The Idle Class
1921-09-25
The Idle Class
Overview: At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1921-09-25
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The Champion
1915-03-11
The Champion
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-11
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Yesterday and Today
1953-12-02
Yesterday and Today
Overview: A compilation of early-day silent films that serves as a glimpse back to the formative days of the movie industry as a salute to Hollywood's Golden Year, so proclaimed by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce as 1953.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-12-02
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Easy Street
1917-01-22
Easy Street
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Action
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-01-22
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The Immigrant
1917-06-17
The Immigrant
Overview: A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-06-17
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
2007-05-10
Hitler: The Comedy Years
Overview: A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-10
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A Jitney Elopement
1915-04-01
A Jitney Elopement
Overview: Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and Charlie is thrown out. Later on Charlie and Edna are chased by her father, The Count, and three policeman. The pursuers drive off a pier.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-01
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Making a Living
1914-02-02
Making a Living
Overview: A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-02-02
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A Film Johnnie
1914-03-02
A Film Johnnie
Overview: The Tramp, a film Johnnie (someone who loiters near theaters or studios to meet stars or get a job), attempts to meet his favorite movie actress at the Keystone Studio, but does not win friends there.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-03-02
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Tango Tangles
1914-03-09
Tango Tangles
Overview: In a dance hall, two members of the orchestra and a tipsy dancer fight over the hat check girl.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-03-09
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His Favorite Pastime
1914-03-16
His Favorite Pastime
Overview: A very plastered fella follows a pretty woman home, and proceeds to make a nuisance of himself.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-03-16
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The Star Boarder
1914-04-04
The Star Boarder
Overview: A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-04
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Mabel at the Wheel
1914-04-18
Mabel at the Wheel
Overview: A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-18
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Twenty Minutes of Love
1914-04-20
Twenty Minutes of Love
Overview: Charlie is hanging around in the park, finding problems with a jealous suitor, a man who thinks that Charlie has robbed him a watch, a policeman and even a little boy, all because our friend can't stop snooping.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-04-20
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Caught in the Rain
1914-05-04
Caught in the Rain
Overview: When a married couple become separated in the park, a tramp sits with the lady and is beat up when her husband rejoins her. He takes a room in their hotel, and chaos ensues.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-04
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A Busy Day
1914-05-07
A Busy Day
Overview: A jealous wife is chasing her unfaithful husband during a parade, after he starts to flirt with a pretty woman.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-05-07
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The Knockout
1914-06-11
The Knockout
Overview: To show his girl how brave he is, Pug challenges the champion to a fight. Charlie referees, trying to avoid contact with the two monsters.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-06-11
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Mabel's Married Life
1914-06-20
Mabel's Married Life
Overview: Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband goes off to a bar and gets drunk.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-06-20
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The Property Man
1914-08-01
The Property Man
Overview: Charlie is in charge of stage props and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star's dressing room. Once all that is resolved the next issue is getting everyone on stage with the correct backdrop.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-08-01
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The Face on the Barroom Floor
1914-08-10
The Face on the Barroom Floor
Overview: A painter turned tramp (Chaplin), devastated by losing the woman he was courting as a wealthy man, finds himself drunk and getting drunker by the minute with some sailors at a bar until he's literally falling down. He keeps futilely trying to draw the woman's picture on the floor with a piece of chalk until he finally passes out cold (or perhaps dies, as in the poem) at the end of the film.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-08-10
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Recreation
1914-08-13
Recreation
Overview: Charlie begins to woo a woman on a bench, only to have her seaman boyfriend object. After a brick fight between the two men that eventually involves two police officers, all five people end up in the local pond to cool off.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-08-13
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His New Profession
1914-08-31
His New Profession
Overview: Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-08-31
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The Rounders
1914-09-07
The Rounders
Overview: Two drunks fight with their wives and then go out and get even drunker.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-09-07
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Those Love Pangs
1914-10-10
Those Love Pangs
Overview: Charlie and a rival vie for the favor of their landlady.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-10-10
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Gentlemen of Nerve
1914-10-29
Gentlemen of Nerve
Overview: Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend. As Charlie's friend is attempting to enter the raceway through a hole, the friend gets stuck and a policeman shows up.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-10-29
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His Musical Career
1914-11-07
His Musical Career
Overview: Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St. and repossess one from 999 Prospect St.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-07
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His Trysting Places
1914-11-09
His Trysting Places
Overview: On his way to a restaurant, Ambrose, a happily married man, obliges to mail a letter for a woman in the apartment lobby. Unbeknownst to him, the letter is about a rendezvous with her own lover at their "trysting place". Elsewhere, after some domestic frustration, Charlie runs an errand to buy a baby bottle before stopping at the same restaurant. After a confrontation there, they both inadvertently leave with each other's coats. Later, their wives independently discover what appears to be incriminating evidence of extramarital affairs from the pockets of the swapped garments. It all comes to a head when all four of them find themselves at the "trysting place" in the park.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-11-09
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Getting Acquainted
1914-12-05
Getting Acquainted
Overview: Charlie and his wife are in the park when he encounters Ambrose and his wife. Each man is attracted to and shows unwanted attention to the other man's wife. A policeman becomes involved.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-05
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His Prehistoric Past
1914-12-07
His Prehistoric Past
Overview: Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the end, it turns out to have been a dream; Charlie was asleep in the park.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-12-07
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His New Job
1915-02-01
His New Job
Overview: When one of the actors on a movie set doesn't show up, Charlie gets his chance to be on camera and replaces the actor. While waiting, he plays in a dice game and gets on many people's nerves. When he finally gets to act, he ruins his scene, accidentally destroys the set, and tears the skirt of the star of the movie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-02-01
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A Night Out
1915-02-15
A Night Out
Overview: After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with the head waiter's wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-02-15
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In the Park
1915-03-18
In the Park
Overview: A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug, but takes a few with his walking stick. When the thief tries to take some of Charlie's sausages, Charlie gets the handbag. The handbag makes its way from person to person to its owner, who is angry with her boyfriend who didn't protect her in the first place. The boyfriend decides to throw himself in the lake in despair, so Charlie helps him out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-03-18
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By the Sea
1915-04-29
By the Sea
Overview: It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over ice cream. Driven away by her husband, Charlie turns to the other's wife.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-04-29
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His Regeneration
1915-05-07
His Regeneration
Overview: A rough criminal gets a second chance at life thanks to a kindly (and wealthy) lady saloon patron. But he hasn't gone straight yet, as he and a partner attempt to rob the home of a rich homeowner-- whose wife is asleep in the next room.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-05-07
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Work
1915-06-21
Work
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-06-21
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A Woman
1915-07-12
A Woman
Overview: Mother, father and daughter go to the park. The women doze off on a bench while the father plays a hide-and-seek game with a girl, blindfolded. Charlie leads him into a lake. Both dozing ladies on the bench fall for Charlie and invite him for dinner. The father returns home with a friend. Charlie rushes upstairs and dresses like a woman, shaving his mustache. Both men fall for Charlie.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-07-12
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The Bank
1915-08-09
The Bank
Overview: A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-08-09
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Shanghaied
1915-10-04
Shanghaied
Overview: A shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage to get the insurance money. Charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some seamen. The daughter stows away to follow Charlie. Charlie assists in the galley and attempts to serve food during a gale.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-10-04
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A Night in the Show
1915-11-20
A Night in the Show
Overview: Mr. Pest tries several theatre seats before winding up in front in a fight with the conductor. He is thrown out. In the lobby he pushes a fat lady into a fountain and returns to sit down by Edna. Mr. Rowdy, in the gallery, pours beer down on Mr. Pest and Edna. He attacks patrons, a harem dancer, the singers Dot and Dash, and a fire-eater.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-11-20
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Police
1916-05-27
Police
Overview: Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-27
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A Burlesque on Carmen
1915-12-18
A Burlesque on Carmen
Overview: A gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1915-12-18
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The Floorwalker
1916-05-15
The Floorwalker
Overview: An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-05-15
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The Fireman
1916-06-12
The Fireman
Overview: Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-06-12
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One A.M.
1916-08-07
One A.M.
Overview: A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-08-07
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Behind the Screen
1916-11-13
Behind the Screen
Overview: 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.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-11-13
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The Cure
1917-04-16
The Cure
Overview: An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1917-04-16
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Triple Trouble
1918-08-11
Triple Trouble
Overview: As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the rest of staff.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-08-11
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The Bond
1918-09-29
The Bond
Overview: A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to K.O. the Kaiser which Charlie does literally.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-09-29
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Shoulder Arms
1918-10-20
Shoulder Arms
Overview: An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
Genres: Comedy War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-10-20
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Sunnyside
1919-06-15
Sunnyside
Overview: An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-06-15
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A Day's Pleasure
1919-12-15
A Day's Pleasure
Overview: A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-12-15
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Nice and Friendly
1922-01-01
Nice and Friendly
Overview: This short was made as a wedding present for Lord and Lady Mountbatten. In it, Lady Mountbatten has a valuable pearl necklace, which a very large number of crooks wants to steal.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-01-01
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Pay Day
1922-04-02
Pay Day
Overview: A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-04-02
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The Pilgrim
1923-02-19
The Pilgrim
Overview: The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
Genres: Comedy Western
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-02-19
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Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
1926-01-01
Camille: The Fate of a Coquette
Overview: A home movie version of the Dumas play. A young woman becomes a courtesan and tragedy befalls her. Appearances are made by many socialites of 1920s Paris and New York.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1926-01-01
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A Thief Catcher
1914-02-19
A Thief Catcher
Overview: Two criminals chase a plainclothes policeman who, while taking out his dog, witnesses their crime.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-02-19
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Her Friend the Bandit
1914-06-04
Her Friend the Bandit
Overview: A comedy made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie 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.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1914-06-04
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Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
2015-12-31
Chaplin's Limelight: Its Evolution and Intimacy
Overview: A video essay on Charlie Chaplin's film "Limelight" (1952).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-12-31
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The Professor
1919-01-01
The Professor
Overview: Professor Bosco, a poor flea trainer, rents a bed in a flophouse. Before going to bed, he rallies his troops and once he has made sure his beloved fleas are settled for the night, the professor prepares to sleep the sleep of the just man. Unfortunately he accidentally knocks the box off his bed and the fleas have the time of their lives pestering Bosco's neighbors. To get the escapees back in their box again, the trainer resorts to... his whip! All is back to normal one more time. But not for long, as a stray dog enters the flophouse and very unwisely opens the box, thus creating new havoc.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1919-01-01
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The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
1961-05-24
The Legend of Rudolph Valentino
Overview: A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-05-24
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The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
2021-09-29
The Spanish Flu: The Invisible Enemy
Overview: In April 1918, a disease of unknown origin swept across the five continents. In 18 months, millions of lives that had not been taken by the war were swept away by a virus that would cause the worst pandemic in history: the Spanish flu.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2021-09-29
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Smash His Camera
2010-07-30
Smash His Camera
Overview: A film centering on the life and work of Ron Galella that examines the nature and effect of paparazzi.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-07-30
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Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012-02-04
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
Overview: A film where anything can happen - the hero and the heroine changes their faces, age, look, names, and so on. The only same thing: The love between man and woman... in an archetypical love story cut from 500 classics from all around the world.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: hu
Release Date: 2012-02-04
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Life Begins Tomorrow
1950-09-13
Life Begins Tomorrow
Overview: Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it to the U.S. in 1952 as Life Begins Tomorrow. Made in cooperation with UNESCO, the film speculates on the future of mankind after the advent of Atomic Energy. Many prominent French artists and intellects contribute to the narration: Jean-Pierre Aumont plays The Man of Today, Andre Labarthe is the Man of Tomorrow, and Jean-Paul Sartre, Daniel Agache, Jean Rostand, Le Corbusier, Pablo Picasso and Andre Gide are respectively seen as "The Existentialist," "The Psychiatrist,' "The Biologist," "The Architect," "The Artist" and "The Author". Film clips of hospitals, schoolrooms, scientific laboratories, and even nightclubs are woven into Védrès' fascinating tapestry.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1950-09-13
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When Comedy Was King
1960-03-29
When Comedy Was King
Overview: A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.
Genres: Drama Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-03-29
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The Gentleman Tramp
1976-10-10
The Gentleman Tramp
Overview: A film about the life and work of the master comedy filmmaker, Charles Chaplin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-10-10
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How to Make Movies
1918-01-01
How to Make Movies
Overview: This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in his compilation 'The Chaplin Revue' in 1959.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-01-01
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All at Sea
1933-01-01
All at Sea
Overview: "All at Sea" is a short documentary of Cooke, Charlie Chaplin and Paulette Goddard all on Chaplin's yacht on an afternoon sail.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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Crazy Days
1962-07-12
Crazy Days
Overview: Narrator Hughie Green tells "jokes" over clips of old silent films. Including greats such as Fatty Arbuckle, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, the Keystone Cops and more.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-07-12
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Seeing Stars
1922-10-29
Seeing Stars
Overview: First National gala celebrity banquet with stars.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1922-10-29
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Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
1983-02-25
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
Overview: Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, wardrobe tests, documentary material, and archival footage make up this star-studded voyeuristic look at the Golden age of Hollywood during the 30s, 40, and 50.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1983-02-25
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Hitler: A Career
1977-07-08
Hitler: A Career
Overview: A keen chronicle of the unlikely rise to power of Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) and a dissection of the Third Reich (1933-1945), but also an analysis of mass psychology and how the desperate crowd can be deceived and shepherded to the slaughterhouse.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-07-08
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Going Hollywood: The '30s
1984-01-01
Going Hollywood: The '30s
Overview: Robert Preston hosts this documentary that shows what people of the 1930s were watching as they were battling the Depression as well as eventually getting ready for another World War.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Sports on the Silver Screen
1997-03-16
Sports on the Silver Screen
Overview: HBO (in association with the American Film Institute) presents this 1997 anthology, narrated by Liev Schreiber, which looks at sports in cinema from the earliest silent films until the nineties. Watch not for dramatic scenes but for the glimpse of historical figures shown both cinematic and athletic- in this tribute to the merging of sports and Hollywood.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1997-03-16
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Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
2023-10-29
Le Baron et l'Empereur : Japon, la voie de la guerre
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Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2023-10-29
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A Night at the Cinema in 1914
2014-08-01
A Night at the Cinema in 1914
Overview: Cinema a century ago was a new, exciting and highly democratic form of entertainment. Picture houses nationwide offered a sociable, lively environment in which to relax and escape from the daily grind. With feature films still rare, the programme was an entertaining, ever-changing roster of short items with live musical accompaniment. 100 years on, this special compilation from the BFI National Archive recreates the glorious miscellany of comedies, dramas, travelogues and newsreels which would have constituted a typical night out in 1914. Our selection includes a comic short about a face-pulling competition, a sensational episode of The Perils of Pauline, scenes of Allied troops celebrating Christmas at the Front, and an early sighting of one of cinema’s greatest icons.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-01
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The Circus: Premiere
1928-01-13
The Circus: Premiere
Overview: Footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's 1928 film 'The Circus'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-01-13
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A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
1923-10-01
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Overview: When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-10-01
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Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
2003-07-01
Chaplin Today: 'The Gold Rush'
Overview: African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo (YAABA) discusses the influence that Charlie Chaplin has been on his work, along with archival footage of interviews with several of Chaplin's co-stars.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-01
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Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
1933-12-01
Hollywood on Parade No. B-5
Overview: Comedian Lloyd Hamilton escorts a group of beauty contest winners to various Hollywood night spots.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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The Golden Twenties
1950-04-08
The Golden Twenties
Overview: Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-04-08
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Souls for Sale
1923-04-22
Souls for Sale
Overview: A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star.
Genres: Comedy Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1923-04-22
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The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
2007-09-02
The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk
Overview: Film historians, and survivors from the nearly 30-year struggle to bring sound to motion pictures take the audience from the early failed attempts by scientists and inventors, to the triumph of the talkies.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-09-02
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German Giants
1954-07-10
German Giants
Overview: At the 1954 FIFA World Cup in Switzerland, we see the red-hot favourites Hungary, led by the legendary Ferenc Puskás eventually beaten by West Germany 3-2 in a classic final.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1954-07-10
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Chaplin's Goliath
1996-01-01
Chaplin's Goliath
Overview: A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1996-01-01
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Birth of the Tramp
2013-12-29
Birth of the Tramp
Overview: A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2013-12-29
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The Chaplin Puzzle
1992-02-28
The Chaplin Puzzle
Overview: This rare two part documentary focuses on Charlie Chaplin's development at Keystone and Essanay. It concludes with a director's cut of the film Police (1916). The series is narrated by none other than Burgess Meredith.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1992-02-28
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Hollywood's Second World War
2019-09-03
Hollywood's Second World War
Overview: For the USA, World War 2 was an all-out war - to mobilize the masses, the US government launched a huge propaganda campaign and cinema, the medium of the masses, was quite simply their most important weapon. Government authorities monitored the production of feature films and the military itself produced documentaries aimed at rallying the American people to support the troops. This film tells the story of four Hollywood directors of European origin, who returned to the "Old World" during the Second World War to make propaganda documentaries for the US Army at the front: William Wyler from Alsace, Frank Capra from Italy, Anatole Litvak from Ukraine and - in post-war Germany - Billy Wilder from Austria.
Genres: Documentary War History TV Movie
Original Language: de
Release Date: 2019-09-03
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Charlie Chaplin in Wien
1931-05-26
Charlie Chaplin in Wien
Overview: Newsreel footage of Charles Chaplin on his promotional tour of Europe.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-26
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Life and Deaths of Max Linder
2024-05-13
Life and Deaths of Max Linder
Overview: Searching for documentation about Max Linder, we found in an abandoned house a trunk sealed for 100 years, with a film from 1926 by an unknown filmmaker. The film depicts Max Linder, the first international screen star who was once revered in France, throughout Europe and in Hollywood. This pioneer of early silent film comedy was a mentor to Charlie Chaplin. Max miraculously avoided death five times. And finally, at the height of his artistic powers, he and his adored wife committed a double suicide. How was this possible?
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: pl
Release Date: 2024-05-13
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Days of Thrills and Laughter
1961-03-21
Days of Thrills and Laughter
Overview: An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-03-21
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Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'
2003-09-22
Chaplin Today: 'Monsieur Verdoux'
Overview: A short documentary in the Chaplin Today series about Chaplin's "Monsieur Verdoux." Includes an interview with Claude Chabrol, whose 1963 film "Landru" concerns the same serial killer that inspired Chaplin's film.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-22
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Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'
2003-07-01
Chaplin Today: 'Limelight'
Overview: A short documentary about the making of Chaplin's "Limelight."
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-01
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Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'
2003-07-01
Chaplin Today: 'Modern Times'
Overview: Award-winning filmmakers Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne profess their love for the classic "Modern Times." The directors expose their views on the many aspects of the film, Chaplin's brilliancy and they also provide interesting details about the making of Chaplin's masterpiece.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-07-01
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Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'
2003-12-30
Chaplin Today: 'The Great Dictator'
Overview: A short documentary about the making of "The Great Dictator."
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-12-30
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Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'
2003-03-01
Chaplin Today: 'A King in New York'
Overview: An examination of Charles Chaplin's final starring film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-01
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Chaplin Carnival
1938-01-01
Chaplin Carnival
Overview: Four Chaplin shorts from 1916: Behind the Screen, The Count, The Fireman, and The Vagabond, presented with music and sound effects.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
2023-11-19
Mary Pickford a Blessing and a Curse
Overview: Mary Pickford's name remains inseparable from the legend of American cinema. She invented the star system at the beginning of the 20th century, and was the biggest star ever known, not just in Hollywood, but worldwide, at a time when actors didn't even have their names on movie posters. She was more than a pioneer, she was a jack-of-all-trades: world-famous star, producer and formidable businesswoman, screenwriter and director in the shadows, studio boss, Mary Pickford alone embodied the entire legend of cinema and the advent of women in that particular era.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2023-11-19
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Trip to Bali
2003-09-22
Trip to Bali
Overview: A document of Charlie Chaplin's trip to Bali in 1932.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-09-22
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The Habit Breakers
2024-05-06
The Habit Breakers
Overview: A vibrant and bold reality show crew dives into the life of a man whose attempt to preserve his father's legacy through Charlie Chaplin memorabilia spirals into a chaotic and troubling journey, capturing the raw and untamed edges of a passion turned dark.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-05-06
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Smile!
2024-04-19
Smile!
Overview: A docudrama presenting the events which explain how and why Charles Spencer Chaplin made alterations to his original ending of the famous movie “Modern Times” following his encounter with the Soviet director Fridrikh Ermler.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ru
Release Date: 2024-04-19
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The Eternal Jew
1940-11-28
The Eternal Jew
Overview: A Nazi propaganda film made to promote anti-Semitism among the German people. Newly-shot footage of Jewish neighborhoods in recently-conquered Poland is combined with preexisting film clips and stills to defame the religion and advance Hitler's slurs that its adherents were plotting to undermine European civilization.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1940-11-28
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Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'
2003-05-14
Chaplin Today: 'City Lights'
Overview: In 1928, as the talkies threw the film industry and film language into turmoil, Chaplin decided that his Tramp character would not be heard. City Lights would not be a talking picture, but it would have a soundtrack. Chaplin personally composed a musical score and sound effects for the picture. With Peter Lord, the famous co-creator of Chicken Run and Wallace & Gromit, we see how Chaplin became the king of slapstick comedy and the superstar of the movies.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-14
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Charlie Butts In
1920-01-01
Charlie Butts In
Overview: A tramp heads home drunk on a Saturday night, finding it hard to make it to his room. When he finally does, he cannot make it to his bed.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1920-01-01
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Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008-08-29
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Overview: This documentary traces the life and work of the legendary "America's Sweetheart" Mary Pickford, silent film star, movie pioneer and keen businesswoman. Pickford's life also parallels an even larger story, telling of the birth of the cinema itself.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-08-29
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Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
2016-01-01
Looking for Charlie: Or, the Day the Clown Died
Overview: A documentary which explores the lives and tragic deaths of Marceline Orbes and Francis "Slivers" Oakley, the suicidal clowns who inspired Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2016-01-01
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Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
1980-08-23
Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp
Overview: Joel Grey dresses up as Charlie Chaplin to tell the story of his movie career, and show many of his clips.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1980-08-23
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All in Good Fun
1955-01-01
All in Good Fun
Overview: Bob Monkhouse introduces the golden age of slapstick comedy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Lifetime of Comedy
1960-01-01
Lifetime of Comedy
Overview: Compilation of comedy sketches from the comedy kings Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, Danny Kaye & Bing Crosby.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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Show People
1928-11-20
Show People
Overview: Hollywood hopeful Peggy Pepper arrives at a major studio, from Georgia, to become a great dramatic star. Things don't go entirely according to plan.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1928-11-20
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Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
1998-05-10
Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life
Overview: A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-05-10
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Chaplin in Bali
2017-09-30
Chaplin in Bali
Overview: In 1932, Chaplin, in full midlife crisis, escapes to Bali in search of himself to find the artistic rejuvenation and inspiration to do his difficult transition to sound film.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-09-30
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Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
1975-08-06
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
Overview: Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1975-08-06
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The Tramp and the Dictator
2002-02-14
The Tramp and the Dictator
Overview: A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2002-02-14
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The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
1988-10-01
The Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
Overview: This documentary revisits the making of Gone with the Wind via archival footage, screen tests, insightful interviews and rare film footage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1988-10-01
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Dancing Chaplin
2011-04-11
Dancing Chaplin
Overview: The celebrated French choreographer Roland Petit had always had his eye on a film presentation of his ballet "Chaplin Dances", which premiered in 1991 and has been touring the world since, and he assigned this project to his trusted friend, Masayuki Suo, pioneer of the current revival of Japanese cinema. Drawing upon a wealth of worldwide ballet talent, Petit's ballet and Chaplin's films, Suo reinvented the work and has given it a new lease of life. The resulting piece is not simply a filmed record of the ballet but a union of the two media that reflects the meeting of the great talents of Chaplin, Petit and Suo
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: ja
Release Date: 2011-04-11
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The Film Parade
1933-01-01
The Film Parade
Overview: Pioneer filmmaker J. Stuart Blackton was intrigued by the idea of a film about the history of the movies as early as 1915. He finally released a 52-minute feature called The Film Parade that was shown in New York and favorably reviewed by "Variety" in 1933. He continued tinkering with the film for the rest of the decade, and later filmmakers and distributors used Blackton's footage for stock or to produce their own variously titled and truncated versions. -UCLA Film & Television Archive
Genres: History Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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Warner at War
2008-11-11
Warner at War
Overview: Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2008-11-11
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The Chaplin Revue
1959-09-01
The Chaplin Revue
Overview: Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-09-01
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Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
1998-01-01
Star Power: The Creation Of United Artists
Overview: The careers of D.W. Griffith, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Charlie Chaplin are chronicled culminating in the formation of United Artists and 1919.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1998-01-01
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Looking for Mabel Normand
2015-07-12
Looking for Mabel Normand
Overview: A documentary on the life and career of silent film star Mabel Normand.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-07-12
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Sigrid Holmquist
2010-10-08
Sigrid Holmquist
Overview: The story of Swedish silent film actress Sigrid Holmquist's life (1899-1970), by using the silent film medium. It consists of already existing film clips from the 1910s and 20s. Sigrid is played by eight different stars from her era, and she also plays herself. Sigrid Holmquist was born in Borås, Sweden and her stubborn spirit led her to become a movie star in Scandinavia and Hollywood before retiring from the movies in 1926. An experimental film project.
Genres: Documentary Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2010-10-08
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The Charlie Chaplin Festival
1941-04-01
The Charlie Chaplin Festival
Overview: Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Immigrant, The Adventurer, The Cure, and Easy Street, presented with music and sound effects.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-01
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Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
2014-10-20
Winston Churchill: A Giant in the Century
Overview: A new look at the public and private life of one of the most important statesmen in the history of Europe: Winston Churchill (1874-1965), soldier, politician, writer, painter, leader of his country in the darkest hours, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, a myth, a giant of the 20th century.
Genres: Documentary History War TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2014-10-20
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Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
2007-05-23
Why Be Good?: Sexuality & Censorship in Early Cinema
Overview: Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. Gloria Swanson, Mary Pickford, Marlene Dietrich and others relate tales of the artistic freedom that led to the draconian Production Code, which governed content from 1934 to 1968. Diane Lane narrates.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-05-23
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The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02
The Big Parade of Comedy
Overview: Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1964-09-02
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Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
2019-05-22
Hollywood, la vie rêvée de Lana Turner
Overview: Portrait of Julia Jean Turner, from her childhood to her rise of fame as Lana Turner, to her last role.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-05-22
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And the Oscar Goes To...
2014-02-01
And the Oscar Goes To...
Overview: The story of the gold-plated statuette that became the film industry's most coveted prize, AND THE OSCAR GOES TO... traces the history of the Academy itself, which began in 1927 when Louis B. Mayer, then head of MGM, led other prominent members of the industry in forming this professional honorary organization. Two years later the Academy began bestowing awards, which were nicknamed "Oscar," and quickly came to represent the pinnacle of cinematic achievement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-02-01
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Propaganda: Engineering Consent
2018-05-29
Propaganda: Engineering Consent
Overview: How can the masses be controlled? Apparently, the American publicist Edward L. Bernays (1891-1995), a pioneer in the field of propaganda and public relations, knew the answer to such a key question. The amazing story of the master of manipulation and the creation of the engineering of consent; a frightening true story about advertising, lies and charlatans.
Genres: Documentary History TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2018-05-29
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It's Showtime
1976-03-31
It's Showtime
Overview: A collection of film clips profiling animal actors.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-03-31
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The Chaplin Cavalcade
1941-08-01
The Chaplin Cavalcade
Overview: Four Chaplin shorts from 1916: One A.M., The Rink, The Pawnshop, and The Floorwalker, presented with music and sound effects.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-08-01
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Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
1917-01-01
Max Linder Visits Charlie Chaplin
Overview: Renowned French comedian and filmmaker Max Linder visits Charlie Chaplin in 1917.
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Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1917-01-01
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Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
2003-03-02
Chaplin Today: 'The Kid'
Overview: This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.
Genres: TV Movie Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-02
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Chaplin vs the FBI
2019-12-05
Chaplin vs the FBI
Overview: How FBI followed Charles Chaplin for 50 years. Hoover was convinced that Chaplin is a communist or communist supporter.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2019-12-05
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Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
2017-06-14
Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts
Overview: The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 2017-06-14
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Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
2016-02-04
Chaplin/Keaton: Duel of Legends
Overview: Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton were two incredibly talented artists who enjoyed enormous worldwide success at a very young age. The two giants of the golden age of silent cinema were perceived to be constantly competing with each other for the crown of the king of laughter.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2016-02-04
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Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
1984-01-01
Charlie Chaplin at Mutual Studios I
Overview: Includes: "The Count" (1916), "The Vagabond" (1916), The Fireman" (1916), "Behind the Screen" (1916).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1984-01-01
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Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française
1973-01-01
Visite de Charlie Chaplin à la Cinémathèque française
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1973-01-01
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Hollywood’s Children
1982-02-24
Hollywood’s Children
Overview: A documentary about child actors, since the beginning of motion pictures (narrated by Roddy McDowell).
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-02-24
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Bravo Charlot!
2007-12-15
Bravo Charlot!
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2007-12-15
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30 Years of Fun
1963-02-10
30 Years of Fun
Overview: Three decades of fun packed into one convenient package with this compilation of classic black-and-white comedy clips featuring Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Laurel and Hardy.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1963-02-10
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Chase Me Charlie
1918-04-08
Chase Me Charlie
Overview: Chase Me Charlie was an anthology consisting of excerpts from several of Chaplin's short films made for the Essanay Company, including The Tramp, Shanghaied, In the Park and The Bank. The 1918 film-- fourteen years later-- was re released, this time with music and narration. The score was written by Elias Breeskin and the narration was spoken by Teddy Bergman who later changed his name to Alan Reed
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1918-04-08
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Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
2020-10-14
Charlie Chaplin, The Genius of Liberty
Overview: The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1899-1977) used his talent to serve an ideal of justice and freedom. But his best scenario was his own destiny, a story written into the political and artistic history of the 20th century.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2020-10-14
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Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
1917-01-22
Charlie Chaplin Meets Harry Lauder
Overview: This is an incomplete, then unreleased, and untitled charity film featuring Charlie Chaplin and Harry Lauder. Wikipedia and IMDb lists the film's year as 1918. http://www.jimvallance.com/02-family-folder/harry-lauder-folder/lauder-pages/harry-lauder-films/pg-lauder-films.html lists the filming date as January 22, 1917. That is the date used here. IMDb lists the writer and director as Harry Lauder.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1917-01-22
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Zepped
1916-12-23
Zepped
Overview: Zepped is a 1916 propaganda comedy short film about a German Zeppelin attack on London during the First World War. Charlie Chaplin appears in the film, although it is unlikely he himself was involved in the production. Making use of stop-motion animation, Zepped uses possibly previously unknown outtakes of three or four earlier Chaplin films: His New Profession (1914), A Jitney Elopement (1915) and The Tramp (1915), and according to Bonhams, By the Sea (1915). Two copies are known: one was unknowingly purchased by a collector who bought an old film reel tin on eBay for £3.20 (about $5) in September 2009 and found the nitrate film inside. He put it up for auction in June 2011 but the sole bid did not reach the £100,000 ($160,000) reserve price. The second copy was found in a tin of assorted items bought from a secondhand shop in Sheffield in July 2011.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1916-12-23
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Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
2007-12-31
Kings of Comedy: Masters of the Silent Screen
Overview: A documentary about some of the comedians of the silent era featuring clips from their films and biographical information.
Genres: Comedy Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-12-31
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The Movie City of Hollywood
1928-11-18
The Movie City of Hollywood
Overview: German documentary about Hollywood
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1928-11-18
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The Funniest Man in the World
1967-11-13
The Funniest Man in the World
Overview: Documentary about the early career of Charlie Chaplin.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1967-11-13
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The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
2011-05-24
The Great Dictator: The Clown Turns Prophet
Overview: In this visual essay, Charles Chaplin biographer Jeffrey Vance, author of "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", draws upon a wealth of photography as well as a wide range of interviews (Paulette Goddard, Sydney Chaplin, Chuck Jones, Leni Riefenstahl, Mel Brooks, Joan Collins et al.) to examine the production history of "The Great Dictator", the film's importance as a satire, and legacy.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2011-05-24
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Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
2015-08-07
Jackie Coogan: The First Child Star
Overview: Documentary taking a look at the career of Jackie Coogan who was considered the first child star.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2015-08-07
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Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
2003-03-12
Charlie Chaplin: His Life & Work
Overview: Charlie Chaplin's rise to fame in the pioneering days of the film industry is one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. Follow his success in detail with clips from his movies providing a backdrop to this ‚'Intimate Biography'.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-03-12
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ViennaFilm 1896-1976
1977-01-01
ViennaFilm 1896-1976
Overview: This film is a kind of anthology about Vienna, from the invention of film to the present day. The aim is to break down the usual clichéd "image of Vienna" such as that found in the traditional "Vienna Film" by juxtaposing documentary footage, newly shot material and subjective sequences created by various artists. Individual, self-contained sections of the film gain new meaning within the context of historical material. Familiar sites appear estranged when edited together with historical scenes. Other scenes appear like a persiflage or satirical. The film does not incorporate any commentary whatsoever. It is a collage of diverse materials aimed at conveying a distanced image of Vienna to the viewer
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1977-01-01
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Charlie's Triple Trouble
1944-01-02
Charlie's Triple Trouble
Overview: British comedian Tommy Handley makes funny commentary on speeded up and shortened version of Triple trouble (1918)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-01-02
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A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
1951-03-01
A Burlesque on the Opera Carmen
Overview: Peter Sellers makes funny voice narration over the Chaplin film A Burlesque on Carmen (1915).
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1951-03-01
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Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
2017-01-20
Charlie Chaplin: The Long Year at Essanay
Overview: Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2017-01-20
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Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
2005-08-09
Douglas Fairbanks: The Great Swashbuckler
Overview: Douglas Fairbanks, the screen's great swashbuckler, charmed millions with his energetic athleticism, his boyishly handsome good looks, and his sparkling charisma. Whether it was fighting off tyrannical land-owners in "The Mark of Zorro," slashing the king's guards in "The Three Musketeers," sliding down sails in "The Black Pirate," springing in leaps and bounds in "Robin Hood," or riding a winged horse across the night sky in "The Thief of Bagdad," Douglas Fairbanks was in his element as an action hero of grandiose costume dramas. But behind all of his achievements on the screen, there was another side to Douglas Fairbanks and this unique biography will reveal some of that man behind the mask. So swing into action and swashbuckle your way through this documentary. This is one adventure worth telling.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2005-08-09
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Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
2003-05-25
Chaplin Today: 'The Circus'
Overview: This documentary is featured on the Warner Bros. Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Circus," released in 2004.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2003-05-25
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Buñuel in Hollywood
2000-02-22
Buñuel in Hollywood
Overview: This documentary traces the relationship of Buñuel with American culture and Hollywood. The program proposes a chronological journey through the Aragonese filmmaker stays in the U.S., the characters he met, the films he made and he could never do. The program also includes new material-unpublished until 2012 - the Aragonese director filmed in the U.S. in the early 1940s and where he can be seen playing one of their children or enjoying a short holiday in a cottage.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2000-02-22
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Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
2025-01-02
Gene Kelly - An American in Hollywood
Overview: Gene Kelly is a legend of the heyday of the Hollywood musical. His name stands for masterpieces such as "Singin' in the Rain" and "An American in Paris". As a singer, dancer, actor, choreographer and director, he was a true all-round artist who revolutionized the world of dance in particular. Kelly, who loved to experiment, explored new forms of dance expression and helped a whole generation of young talents to fame. From his beginnings in cabarets and on Broadway to his recognition as a choreographer and director, the documentary shows how the good-looking star with a charming smile expanded the boundaries of dance expression: He danced in the open air in the streets of New York, with a cartoon character or his own reflection. But this dazzling entertainer image should not obscure the fact that Kelly, as a staunch supporter of the American civil rights movement, also saw dancing as a political statement.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 2025-01-02
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