Movies: Charlie Chaplin

Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance....

A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night....

Feature-length compilation of 1920s newsreel footage, with commentary about news, sports, lifestyles, and historical figures....

A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial....

A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper....

A young woman hits Hollywood, determined to become a star....

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 ev...

This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004....

Film clips highlight the funniest scenes and brightest comic stars in MGM's history....

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 domesti...

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 pla...

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....

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....

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city....

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s....

A documentary of Hollywood's first great Latin Lover, the contradictions in his personal life, and his premature death....

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 produ...

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....

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...

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....