Charlie Chaplin filmography
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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
was a British film actor, comedian, director, producer, writer, musician and music composer whose work in motion pictures spanned from 1914 until 1967. During his early years in film he became established as a worldwide cinematic idol renowned for his tramp
The Tramp
The Tramp, also known as The Little Tramp was Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character, a recognized icon of world cinema most dominant during the silent film era....
persona. During the 1910s and 1920s he was considered the most famous person on the planet.
Chaplin was born in London and began acting on stage at the age of nine. In 1913, while on tour in the United States with Fred Karno
Fred Karno
Frederick John Westcott , best known by his stage name Fred Karno, was a theatre impresario of the British music hall. Karno is credited with inventing the custard-pie-in-the-face gag. Among the young comedians who worked for him were Charlie Chaplin and Arthur Jefferson, who later adopted the...
's comedy group, he accepted a contract to work for Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"...
's Keystone film company
Keystone Studios
Keystone Studios was an early movie studio founded in Edendale, California in 1912 as the Keystone Pictures Studio by Mack Sennett with backing from Adam Kessel and Charles O. Bauman, owners of the New York Motion Picture Company...
. During his time at Keystone he began writing
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
and directing
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
some of the films in which he starred. Chaplin signed with the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company
Essanay Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio. It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915.-Founding:...
in 1915 and the year after with the Mutual Film Corporation
Mutual Film
Mutual Film Corporation was an early American motion picture conglomerate best remembered today as the producers of some of Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedies....
. In 1918 Chaplin began producing his own films, initially releasing them through First National
First National
First National was an association of independent theater owners in the United States that expanded from exhibiting movies to distributing them, and eventually to producing them as a movie studio, called First National Pictures, Inc. It later merged with Warner Bros.-Early history:The First National...
and then through United Artists
United Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
, a corporation he co-founded with Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford was a Canadian-born motion picture actress, co-founder of the film studio United Artists and one of the original 36 founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
, Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks
Douglas Fairbanks, Sr. was an American actor, screenwriter, director and producer. He was best known for his swashbuckling roles in silent films such as The Thief of Bagdad, Robin Hood, and The Mark of Zorro....
, and D. W. Griffith
D. W. Griffith
David Llewelyn Wark Griffith was a premier pioneering American film director. He is best known as the director of the controversial and groundbreaking 1915 film The Birth of a Nation and the subsequent film Intolerance .Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation made pioneering use of advanced camera...
. In the late 1940s and early 1950s Chaplin was accused of being a Communist sympathizer, which he denied. He remained a British subject and, while travelling to England in 1952 to attend the premiere of his film, Limelight, his American re-entry permit was rescinded. Chaplin eventually settled in Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
, where he remained for the rest of his life. He made his last two films in England.
During his lifetime Chaplin received three awards from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is a professional honorary organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of motion pictures...
. At the first Academy Awards
Academy Awards
An Academy Award, also known as an Oscar, is an accolade bestowed by the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize excellence of professionals in the film industry, including directors, actors, and writers...
ceremony, held on May 16, 1929, he won an honorary award
Academy Honorary Award
The Academy Honorary Award, instituted in 1948 for the 21st Academy Awards , is given by the discretion of the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to celebrate motion picture achievements that are not covered by existing Academy Awards, although prior winners of...
for writing, directing, producing, and acting in The Circus (1928). In 1972 he returned to the United States after nearly two decades to receive another honorary award, this time for his overall achievements in cinema. The following year Chaplin's score for Limelight received the Academy Award for Best Music. Although 20 years old by this time, Limelight had not been released in the Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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area until 1972, and had not been eligible for Academy Award consideration before then. Chaplin also received Academy Award nominations in 1940 for Best Actor
Academy Award for Best Actor
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry...
and Best Original Screenplay for The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin released in October 1940. Like most Chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Having been the only Hollywood film maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was...
and in 1947 for his screenplay of Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux
Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 black comedy film directed by and starring Charles Chaplin. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye, William Frawley, and Marilyn Nash.-Plot:...
.
As of 2010, five of the films Chaplin starred in have been added to the National Film Registry
National Film Registry
The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008...
: The Immigrant
The Immigrant
The Immigrant is a 1917 American comedy short film starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and befriends a young woman along the way...
(1917), The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite....
(1925), City Lights
City Lights
City Lights is a 1931 American silent film and romantic comedy-drama written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It also has the leads Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers. Although "talking" pictures were on the rise since 1928, City Lights was immediately popular. Today, it is thought of...
(1931), Modern Times
Modern Times (film)
Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in...
(1936), and The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator
The Great Dictator is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin released in October 1940. Like most Chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Having been the only Hollywood film maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was...
(1940). Also selected was Show People
Show People
Show People is a 1928 comedy silent film directed by King Vidor. The movie was a starring vehicle for actress Marion Davies and actor William Haines and included notable cameo appearances by many of the film personalities of the day, including stars Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, William S....
(1928), which features Chaplin in an unbilled cameo appearance. For his work in motion pictures, Chaplin has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Hollywood Walk of Fame
The Hollywood Walk of Fame consists of more than 2,400 five-pointed terrazzo and brass stars embedded in the sidewalks along fifteen blocks of Hollywood Boulevard and three blocks of Vine Street in Hollywood, California...
.
Official films
In 1965 Chaplin established his official filmographyFilmography
Filmography is a collective noun for a list of films related by some criterion. For example, an actor's career filmography is the list of films he or she has appeared in; a director's comedy filmography is the list of comedy films directed by a particular director...
with the publication of his book, My Autobiography
My Autobiography (Chaplin)
My Autobiography is the title of a book by screen legend Charlie Chaplin, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1964. Along with Chaplin: His Life and Art, it provided the source material for the 1992 feature film Chaplin. It is a revealing work into the life of a 20th century celebrity....
. The filmography consisted of 80 motion pictures released since 1914. Further detail was added to it in David Robinson
David Robinson (film critic and author)
David Robinson is a British film critic and author. He started writing for Sight and Sound and the Monthly Film Bulletin in the 1950s, becoming Assistant Editor of Sight and Sound and Editor of the Monthly Film Bulletin in 1957-1958...
's 1985 biography, Chaplin: His Life and Art, which included Chaplin's last film, A Countess from Hong Kong
A Countess from Hong Kong
A Countess from Hong Kong is a 1967 British comedy film and the last film directed by Charlie Chaplin. It was one of two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role , and his only color film. Chaplin's cameo marked his final screen appearance...
(1967), as the 81st entry. In 2010, an 82nd film was added with the discovery of A Thief Catcher
A Thief Catcher
A Thief Catcher is a one-reel 1914 American-made motion picture, produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone film company, directed by Ford Sterling, and starring Sterling, Mack Swain, Edgar Kennedy, and Charles Chaplin as a policeman...
, an early Keystone film hitherto thought lost.
All of Chaplin's films up to and including The Circus (1928) were silent
Silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...
, although many were re-issued with soundtracks. City Lights
City Lights
City Lights is a 1931 American silent film and romantic comedy-drama written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It also has the leads Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers. Although "talking" pictures were on the rise since 1928, City Lights was immediately popular. Today, it is thought of...
(1931) and Modern Times
Modern Times (film)
Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in...
(1936) were essentially silent films, although they were made with soundtracks consisting of music and sound effects, with talking sequences in the latter film. Chaplin's last five films were all talking pictures. Aside from A Countess From Hong Kong, all of Chaplin's films were photographed in 35mm black and white.
Except where otherwise referenced, the release dates, character names, and annotations presented here are derived from Chaplin's autobiography, Robinson's book, and The Films of Charlie Chaplin (1965) by Gerald D. McDonald, Michael Conway, and Mark Ricci.
Keystone
Chaplin appeared in 36 films for Keystone StudiosKeystone Studios
Keystone Studios was an early movie studio founded in Edendale, California in 1912 as the Keystone Pictures Studio by Mack Sennett with backing from Adam Kessel and Charles O. Bauman, owners of the New York Motion Picture Company...
, all produced by Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett
Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"...
. Except where noted all films were one reel in length.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Notes | ||||
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| Composer | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | | Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Role | |||
| February 2, 1914 | Making a Living Making a Living Making a Living is the first film starring Charlie Chaplin. It premiered on February 2, 1914. Chaplin plays Edgar English, a lady-charming swindler who runs afoul of the Keystone Kops.... |
Slicker | |||||
| February 7, 1914 | Kid Auto Races at Venice Kid Auto Races at Venice Kid Auto Races At Venice is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charlie Chaplin in which his "Little Tramp" character makes his first appearance.-Synopsis:... |
Tramp | Released on a split-reel (i.e. two films on one reel) with an education film, Olives and Trees | ||||
| February 9, 1914 | Mabel's Strange Predicament Mabel's Strange Predicament Mabel's Strange Predicament is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin, notable for being the first film for which Chaplin donned the Tramp costume.-First "Tramp" appearance filmed:... |
Tramp | |||||
| February 19, 1914 | A Thief Catcher A Thief Catcher A Thief Catcher is a one-reel 1914 American-made motion picture, produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone film company, directed by Ford Sterling, and starring Sterling, Mack Swain, Edgar Kennedy, and Charles Chaplin as a policeman... |
A Policeman | Print discovered in 2010 | ||||
| February 28, 1914 | Between Showers Between Showers Between Showers is a 1914 short film made by Keystone Studios and directed by Henry Lehrman. It starred Charlie Chaplin, Ford Sterling, Emma Bell Clifton, and Chester Conklin.-Plot:... |
Masher | |||||
| March 2, 1914 | A Film Johnnie A Film Johnnie A Film Johnnie is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charles Chaplin, Roscoe Arbuckle, and Mabel Normand.-Cast:* Charles Chaplin - The Film Johnnie* Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle - Himself* Virginia Kirtley - The Keystone Girl... |
The Film Johnnie | |||||
| March 9, 1914 | Tango Tangles Tango Tangles Tango Tangles is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charlie Chaplin and Fatty Arbuckle. Chaplin appears with no moustache. The action takes place in a dance hall, with a drunken Chaplin, Ford Sterling, and the huge, menacing, and acrobatic Arbuckle fighting over a girl.-Cast:* Charles... |
Tipsy Dancer | |||||
| March 16, 1914 | His Favorite Pastime | Drinker | |||||
| March 26, 1914 | Cruel, Cruel Love Cruel, Cruel Love Cruel, Cruel Love is a 1914 American comedy silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin.- Plot :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... |
Lord Helpus | |||||
| April 4, 1914 | The Star Boarder The Star Boarder The Star Boarder is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charlie Chaplin.-Cast:* Charles Chaplin - The Star Boarder* Minta Durfee - Landlady* Edgar Kennedy - Landlady's husband* Gordon Griffith - Their son... |
The Star boarder | |||||
| April 18, 1914 | Mabel at the Wheel Mabel at the Wheel Mabel at the Wheel is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and directed by Mabel Normand and Mack Sennett.-Synopsis:... |
Villain | Two reels | ||||
| April 20, 1914 | Twenty Minutes of Love Twenty Minutes of Love Twenty Minutes of Love is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios. It was the first film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.-Cast:* Charlie Chaplin - Pickpocket* Minta Durfee - Edgar' Girl* Edgar Kennedy - Lover... |
Yes | Yes | Pickpocket | |||
| April 27, 1914 | Caught in a Cabaret Caught in a Cabaret Caught in a Cabaret is a short film from 1914 starring Charlie Chaplin and the film's writer/director Mabel Normand. Chaplin plays a waiter who fakes being a Greek Ambassador to impress a girl. He then is invited to a garden party where he gets in trouble with the girl's jealous boyfriend... |
Waiter | Two reels Co-writer: Mabel Normand Mabel Normand Mabel Normand was an American silent film comedienne and actress. She was a popular star of Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and is noted as one of the film industry's first female screenwriters, producers and directors... |
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| May 4, 1914 | Caught in the Rain Caught in the Rain Caught in the Rain is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin. This film was the first of many movies that Charlie Chaplin both directed and starred.-Cast:* Charles Chaplin - Tipsy hotel guest... |
Yes | Yes | Tipsy Hotel Guest | |||
| May 7, 1914 | A Busy Day A Busy Day -Plot:In A Busy Day, a wife becomes jealous of her husband's interest in another woman. On her way to attack the couple, the wife interrupts the set of a film, knocking over a film director and a police officer... |
Yes | Yes | Wife | Released on a split-reel with an educational short, The Morning Papers | ||
| June 1, 1914 | The Fatal Mallet The Fatal Mallet The Fatal Mallet is a 1914 American-made motion picture starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand. The film was written and directed by Mack Sennett, who also portrays one of Chaplin's rivals for Normand's attention .The Fatal Mallet is one of more than a dozen early films that... |
Suitor | |||||
| June 4, 1914 | Her Friend the Bandit Her Friend the Bandit Her Friend the Bandit is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, both of whom co-directed the movie. This is Chaplin's only lost film as no copy is known to exist.... |
Yes | Bandit | A lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons... . The only known Chaplin lost film. Co-director: Mabel Normand |
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| June 11, 1914 | The Knockout The Knockout The Knockout was Charlie Chaplin's seventeenth film for Keystone Studios. Chaplin only has a small role, and Fatty Arbuckle takes up the main role... |
Referee | Two reels | ||||
| June 13, 1914 | Mabel's Busy Day Mabel's Busy Day Mabel's Busy Day is a 1914 short comedy film starring Mabel Normand and Charles Chaplin; the film was also written and directed by Mabel Normand. The supporting cast includes Chester Conklin, Slim Summerville, Edgar Kennedy, Al St. John, Charley Chase, and Mack Sennett.-Synopsis:Mabel tries to... |
Tipsy Nuisance | |||||
| June 20, 1914 | Mabel's Married Life Mabel's Married Life Mabel's Married Life is an American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring and co-written by Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and directed by Chaplin. As was so often the case during his first year in film, Chaplin's character is soon staggering drunk.-Synopsis:Mabel goes home... |
Yes | Yes | Mabel's Husband | Co-writer: Mabel Normand | ||
| July 9, 1914 | Laughing Gas Laughing Gas (1914 film) Laughing Gas is a 1914 film starring Charlie Chaplin. It is also known as "Busy Little Dentist", "Down and Out", "Laffing Gas", "The Dentist", and "Tuning His Ivories".-Plot:... |
Yes | Yes | Dentist's Assistant | |||
| August 1, 1914 | The Property Man The Property Man The Property Man is a short 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin.-Synopsis:Charlie is in charge of stage "props" and has trouble with actors' luggage and conflicts over who gets the star's dressing room.... |
Yes | Yes | The Property Man | Two reels | ||
| August 10, 1914 | The Face on the Bar Room Floor The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914 film) The Face on the Bar Room Floor is a short film written and directed by Charles Chaplin in 1914. Chaplin stars in this film, loosely based on the poem of the same name by Hugh Antoine d'Arcy.-Synopsis:... |
Yes | Yes | Artist | Based on the poem by Hugh Antoine d'Arcy The Face on the Barroom Floor (poem) "The Face upon the Barroom Floor", aka "The Face on the Floor" and "The Face on the Barroom Floor", is a poem written by Hugh Antoine d'Arcy in 1887 and first published in the New York Dispatch.... |
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| August 13, 1914 | Recreation Recreation (film) Recreation is a short comedy film written, directed, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It was released on 13 August 1914.... |
Yes | Yes | Tramp | Released as a split-reel with a travel short, The Yosemite | ||
| August 27, 1914 | The Masquerader | Yes | Yes | Film Actor | |||
| August 31, 1914 | His New Profession His New Profession His New Profession is a 1914 American comedy silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin. The film involves Chaplin taking care of a man in a wheelchair... |
Yes | Yes | Charlie | |||
| September 7, 1914 | The Rounders | Yes | Yes | Reveller | |||
| September 14, 1914 | The New Janitor The New Janitor The New Janitor was the 27th comedy from Keystone Studios to feature Charlie Chaplin. The film is arguably one of his best for the studio, and a precursor to a key Essanay Studios short, The Bank. The film also demonstrates the differences that Chaplin had with Keystone comedy --- this film is a... |
Yes | Yes | Janitor | |||
| October 10, 1914 | Those Love Pangs Those Love Pangs Those Love Pangs is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin.-Cast:* Charles Chaplin - Masher* Chester Conklin - Rival* Cecile Arnold - Blonde girl* Vivian Edwards - Brunette girl... |
Yes | Yes | Masher | |||
| October 26, 1914 | Dough and Dynamite Dough and Dynamite Dough and Dynamite is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin.- Plot :The story involves Chaplin and Chester Conklin working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike... |
Yes | Yes | Waiter | Two reels Co-writer: Mack Sennett Mack Sennett Mack Sennett was a Canadian-born American director and was known as the innovator of slapstick comedy in film. During his lifetime he was known at times as the "King of Comedy"... |
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| October 29, 1914 | Gentlemen of Nerve Gentlemen of Nerve Gentlemen of Nerve is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand, and directed by Chaplin.-Plot:Mabel and her beau go to an auto race and are joined by Charlie and his friend... |
Yes | Yes | Impecunious Track Enthisiast | |||
| November 7, 1914 | His Musical Career His Musical Career His Musical Career is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin.-Synopsis:Charlie and his partner are to deliver a piano to 666 Prospect St... |
Yes | Yes | Piano Mover | |||
| November 9, 1914 | His Trysting Place His Trysting Place His Trysting Place is a short 1914 film starring Charles Chaplin and Mabel Normand.-Synopsis:Charlie and his friend Ambrose meet in a restaurant and accidentally leave with each other's coats. Charlie was going to pick up a baby bottle and Ambrose was going to mail a love letter that was in his... |
Yes | Yes | Husband | Two reels | ||
| November 14, 1914 | Tillie's Punctured Romance Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914 film) Tillie's Punctured Romance is the first feature-length comedy film from Keystone Film Company and the Christie Film Company, produced in 1914. A silent film directed by Mack Sennett, the film stars Marie Dressler, Mabel Normand, Charles Chaplin, and the Keystone Cops... |
Charlie, a City Slicker | Six reels From the play, Tille's Nightmare, by A. Baldwin Sloane and Edgar Smith |
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| December 5, 1914 | Getting Acquainted Getting Acquainted A Fair Exchange formerly named as "Getting Acquainted" is a 1914 American comedy silent film made by Keystone Studios starring Charlie Chaplin and Mabel Normand... |
Yes | Yes | Spouse | |||
| December 7, 1914 | His Prehistoric Past His Prehistoric Past His Prehistoric Past is a 1914 American short silent comedy film, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, featuring a Chaplin in a stone-age kingdom trying to usurp the crown of King Low-Brow to win the affections of the king's favourite wife. The film was Chaplin's last at Keystone... |
Yes | Yes | Weakchin | Two reels | ||
Essanay
Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in 15 films for the Essanay Film Manufacturing CompanyEssanay Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio. It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915.-Founding:...
, all produced by Jesse T. Robbins. Except where noted all films are two-reelers.
| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Notes | ||||
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| Composer | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | | Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Role | |||
| February 1, 1915 | His New Job His New Job His New Job is a short 1915 film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. Gloria Swanson appears as an uncredited extra. The title is an inside reference to this being Chaplin's first film after leaving Keystone Studios for Essanay Studios.... |
Yes | Yes | Film Extra | |||
| February 15, 1915 | A Night Out A Night Out (film) A Night Out is a 1915 Charlie Chaplin comedy short. It was Chaplin's first film with Edna Purviance, who would continue as his leading lady for the following eight years. It was also Chaplin's first film with Essanay Film Company in Niles, California. Chaplin's first Essanay film, His New Job,... |
Yes | Yes | Reveller | debut of Edna Purviance Edna Purviance Edna Purviance was an American actress during the silent movie era. She was the leading lady in many Charlie Chaplin movies. In a span of eight years, she appeared in over thirty films with Chaplin.-Early life:... |
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| March 11, 1915 | The Champion The Champion (film) The Champion is a comedy film released in 1915 by Essanay Studios, starring Charlie Chaplin alongside Edna Purviance and Leo White. Essanay co-owner and star, Broncho Billy Anderson can be seen as an enthusiastic audience member in the boxing match scene.... |
Yes | Yes | Aspiring Pugilist | |||
| March 18, 1915 | In the Park In the Park In the Park is Charlie Chaplin's fourth film released in 1915 by Essanay Films. It was his third film while at the Niles Essanay Studio. It was one of several films Charlie Chaplin created in a park setting... |
Yes | Yes | Charlie | One reel | ||
| April 1, 1915 | A Jitney Elopement A Jitney Elopement A Jitney Elopement was Charlie Chaplin's fifth film for Essanay Films. It starred Charlie Chaplin and Edna Purviance as lovers, with Edna wanting Charlie to take her away from an arranged marriage her father had planned for her. Charlie does take her away in a jitney, a type of share taxi... |
Yes | Yes | Suitor, the Fake Count | |||
| April 11, 1915 | The Tramp The Tramp (film) The Tramp is Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Essanay Studios in 1915. Directed by Chaplin, it was the fifth and last film made at Essanay's Niles, California studio. The Tramp marked the beginning of The Tramp character most known today, even though Chaplin played the character in earlier films... |
Yes | Yes | The Tramp | |||
| April 29, 1915 | By the Sea | Yes | Yes | Stroller | One reel | ||
| June 21, 1915 | Work | Yes | Yes | Decorator's Apprentice | |||
| July 12, 1915 | A Woman A Woman A Woman was Charlie Chaplin's ninth film for Essanay Films. It was made in Los Angeles at the Majestic Studio and released in 1915. The film starts with Chaplin meeting Edna and her parents in a park; the mother is played by Marta Golden and the father by Charles Insley. In this film, Chaplin... |
Yes | Yes | Charlie / "The Woman" | |||
| August 9, 1915 | The Bank | Yes | Yes | Janitor | |||
| October 4, 1915 | Shanghaied Shanghaied (1915 film) Shanghaied is a 1915 American comedy silent film made by Essanay Studios starring Charlie Chaplin.-Synopsis: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... |
Yes | Yes | Charlie | |||
| November 20, 1915 | A Night in the Show A Night in the Show A Night in the Show was Charlie Chaplin's 12th film for Essanay. It was made at Majestic Studio in Los Angeles the fall of 1915. Chaplin played two roles: one as Mr. Pest and one as Mr. Rowdy. The film was created from Chaplin's stage work from a play called Mumming Birds with the Karno Company... |
Yes | Yes | Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy | |||
| December 18, 1915 | Burlesque on 'Carmen' Burlesque on Carmen Burlesque on Carmen is Charlie Chaplin's thirteenth film for Essanay Films. It was released in 1915 and then later recut into a different version in 1916. Charlie Chaplin played Darn Hosiery and Edna Purviance played Carmen. Carmen was very popular at this time and one of the reasons Chaplin... |
Yes | Yes | Darn Hosiery | Re-issued on April 22, 1916, as an unauthorized four-reeler with new footage shot and assembled by Leo White Leo White Leo White was a stage performer and appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. He started his film career in 1911 and in 1913 moved to the Essanay Studios. In 1915, he began appearing in Chaplin's comedies and continued through Chaplin's Mutual Film comedies... |
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| May 27, 1916 | Police | Yes | Yes | Ex-Convict | |||
| August 11, 1918 | Triple Trouble | Yes | Yes | Janitor | Compilation assembled by Leo White with scenes from Police and an unfinished short, Life, along with new material shot by White. Chaplin includes this production in the filmography of his autobiography My Autobiography (Chaplin) My Autobiography is the title of a book by screen legend Charlie Chaplin, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1964. Along with Chaplin: His Life and Art, it provided the source material for the 1992 feature film Chaplin. It is a revealing work into the life of a 20th century celebrity.... . |
Mutual
Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, and starred in 12 films for the Mutual Film CorporationMutual Film
Mutual Film Corporation was an early American motion picture conglomerate best remembered today as the producers of some of Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedies....
, which formed Lone Star Studios solely for Chaplin's films. All of the Mutual releases are two reels in length.
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| Composer | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | | Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Role | |||
| May 15, 1916 | The Floorwalker The Floorwalker The Floorwalker was Charlie Chaplin's first Mutual Film Corporation film, made in 1916. It stars Chaplin, in his traditional Tramp persona, as a customer who creates chaos in a department store and becomes inadvertently entangled in the nefarious scheme of the store manager, played by Eric... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Impecunious Customer | Co-writer: Vincent Bryan | |
| June 12, 1916 | The Fireman The Fireman (film) The Fireman is the second film Charlie Chaplin created for Mutual Film Corporation in 1916. Released on June 12, it starred Chaplin as the fireman and Edna Purviance as the daughter to Lloyd Bacon.... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Fireman | Co-writer: Vincent Bryan | |
| July 10, 1916 | The Vagabond | Yes | Yes | Yes | Street Musician | Co-writer: Vincent Bryan | |
| August 7, 1916 | One A.M. One A.M. One A.M. was a unique Charlie Chaplin silent film created for Mutual Films in 1916. It was the first film he starred in alone, except for a brief scene of Albert Austin playing a cab driver.-Synopsis:... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Drunk | ||
| September 4, 1916 | The Count The Count (film) The Count is Charlie Chaplin's fifth film for Mutual Film Corporation in 1916. Released on September 4, it co-starred Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance.-Synopsis:... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Tailor's Apprentice | ||
| October 2, 1916 | The Pawnshop The Pawnshop The Pawnshop was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Mutual Film Corporation. Released on October 2, 1916, it stars Chaplin in the role of assistant to the pawnshop owner, played by Henry Bergman... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Pawnbroker's Assistant | ||
| November 13, 1916 | Behind the Screen Behind the Screen Behind the Screen is a 1916 short silent film written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and also starring Eric Campbell and Edna Purviance. The film takes place in a movie studio; Chaplin plays a stagehand named David while Campbell, a large man, plays Goliath, his supervisor... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Property Man's Assistant | ||
| December 4, 1916 | The Rink | Yes | Yes | Yes | Waiter and Skating Enthusiast | ||
| January 22, 1917 | Easy Street Easy Street (film) Easy Street is a 1917 short comedy film by Charlie Chaplin.In the film, the police are failing to maintain law and order and so it is Chaplin, as the Little Tramp character, who steps forward to rid the street of bullies, help the poor, save women from madmen and generally keep the peace.-Plot:As... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Vagabond recruited to Police Force | ||
| April 16, 1917 | The Cure | Yes | Yes | Yes | Alcoholic Gentleman at Spa | ||
| June 17, 1917 | The Immigrant The Immigrant The Immigrant is a 1917 American comedy short film starring the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and befriends a young woman along the way... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Immigrant | Added to the National Film Registry National Film Registry The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008... in 1998 |
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| October 22, 1917 | The Adventurer The Adventurer (film) The Adventurer is a short comedy film made in 1917 written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. It is the last out of the twelve films made while he was under contract for the Mutual Film Corporation.- Plot and characters :... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Escaped Convict |
First National
Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, and starred in nine films for his own production company between 1918 and 1923. These films were distributed by First NationalFirst National
First National was an association of independent theater owners in the United States that expanded from exhibiting movies to distributing them, and eventually to producing them as a movie studio, called First National Pictures, Inc. It later merged with Warner Bros.-Early history:The First National...
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| Composer | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | | Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Role | |||
| April 14, 1918 | A Dog's Life A Dog's Life A Dog's Life is a silent film written, produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin. This was Chaplin's first film for First National Films.... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tramp | Three reels Score composed for compilation, The Chaplin Revue The Chaplin Revue The Chaplin Revue is a 1959 film comprising three silent films made by Charlie Chaplin. The three shorts included are A Dog's Life, Shoulder Arms, and The Pilgrim. All three star Chaplin's trademark character, The Tramp. For the 1959 release, Chaplin added a soundtrack to help appeal to modern... |
| September 29, 1918 | The Bond The Bond The Bond is a propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee for theatrical release to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I.... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Tramp | Half-reel. Co stars brother Sydney Chaplin Sydney Chaplin Sydney Chaplin was an English actor. He was the elder half-brother of Sir Charlie Chaplin and served as his business manager, and the half-uncle of the actor Sydney Chaplin , who was named after him.-Early life:... |
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| October 20, 1918 | Shoulder Arms Shoulder Arms Shoulder Arms is Charlie Chaplin's second film for First National Pictures. Released in 1918, it is a silent comedy set in France during World War I. The main part of the film occurs in a dream. It co-starred Edna Purviance and Sydney Chaplin, Chaplin's brother... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Recruit | Three reels Score composed for compilation, The Chaplin Revue |
| May 15, 1919 | Sunnyside Sunnyside (film) Sunnyside is a 1919 short silent film written, directed and starring Charlie Chaplin. It was his third film for First National Pictures.-Plot summary :... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Farm Handyman | Three reels | |
| December 15, 1919 | A Day's Pleasure A Day's Pleasure A Day's Pleasure is Charlie Chaplin's fourth film for First National Films. It was created at the Chaplin Studio. It was a quickly made two-reeler to help fill a gap while working on his first feature The Kid. It is about a day outing with his wife and the kids and things don't go smoothly. Edna... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Father | Two reels | |
| February 6, 1921 | The Kid The Kid (1921 film) The Kid is a 1921 American silent dramedy film written by, produced by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan as his adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full-length movie... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tramp | Six reels |
| September 25, 1921 | The Idle Class The Idle Class The Idle Class is a 1921 American silent film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin for First National Pictures.Charlie Chaplin, as the "Little Tramp", heads to a resort for warm weather and a bit of golf. While at a dance at a country club Edna Purviance mistakes Chaplin for her husband... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Tramp / Husband | Two reels | |
| April 2, 1922 | Pay Day Pay Day (1922 film) Pay Day is an American short film made by First National Pictures. Charlie Chaplin wrote, directed, and starred in the film. It is Chaplin's final two-reel short film.-Plot:... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Laborer | Two reels | |
| February 26, 1923 | The Pilgrim | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Escaped Convict | Four reels Score composed for compilation, The Chaplin Revue |
United Artists
Chaplin began releasing his films through United ArtistsUnited Artists
United Artists Corporation is an American film studio. The original studio of that name was founded in 1919 by D. W. Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks....
in 1923. From this point on all of his films were of feature length. He produced, directed, and wrote these eight films and starred in all but the first. Beginning with City Lights
City Lights
City Lights is a 1931 American silent film and romantic comedy-drama written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It also has the leads Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers. Although "talking" pictures were on the rise since 1928, City Lights was immediately popular. Today, it is thought of...
Chaplin wrote the musical scores for his films as well.
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| Composer | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | | Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Role | |||
| September 26, 1923 | A Woman of Paris A Woman of Paris A Woman of Paris is a feature-length silent film that debuted in 1923. The film, an atypical drama film for its creator, was written, directed, produced and later scored by Charlie Chaplin. It is also known as A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate.... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Porter | Chaplin has a small cameo Cameo appearance A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television... role |
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| June 26, 1925 | The Gold Rush The Gold Rush The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also stars Georgia Hale, Mack Swain, Tom Murray, Henry Bergman, Malcolm Waite.... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Lone Prospector | Score composed for 1942 re-issue Added to the National Film Registry National Film Registry The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008... in 1992 |
| January 6, 1928 | The Circus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tramp | Score composed for 1970 re-issue |
| February 6, 1931 | City Lights City Lights City Lights is a 1931 American silent film and romantic comedy-drama written by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. It also has the leads Virginia Cherrill and Harry Myers. Although "talking" pictures were on the rise since 1928, City Lights was immediately popular. Today, it is thought of... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tramp | Added to the National Film Registry in 1991 |
| February 5, 1936 | Modern Times Modern Times (film) Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern, industrialized world. The film is a comment on the desperate employment and fiscal conditions many people faced during the Great Depression, conditions created, in... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | A Worker | Added to the National Film Registry in 1989 |
| October 15, 1940 | The Great Dictator The Great Dictator The Great Dictator is a comedy film by Charlie Chaplin released in October 1940. Like most Chaplin films, he wrote, produced, and directed, in addition to starring as the lead. Having been the only Hollywood film maker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, this was... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Adenoid Hynkel / The Barber | Added to the National Film Registry in 1997 Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actor Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to recognize an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance while working within the film industry... Nominated – Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) The Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. Before 1940, there was an Academy Award for Best Story for writing. For 1940, it and the award in this article were separated into two awards. Beginning with the... . |
| April 11, 1947 | Monsieur Verdoux Monsieur Verdoux Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 black comedy film directed by and starring Charles Chaplin. The supporting cast includes Martha Raye, William Frawley, and Marilyn Nash.-Plot:... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Monsieur Henri Verdoux | Based on an idea by Orson Welles Orson Welles George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio... Nominated – Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay) |
| October 16, 1952 | Limelight | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Calvero | Pulled from American screens shortly after its release when Chaplin became a political exile from the United States Academy Award for Best Music (Scoring) (Awarded in 1973 when the film became first eligible for Academy Award consideration via Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... screenings.) |
British productions
In 1952, while travelling to England to attend the première of his film, Limelight, Chaplin learned that his American re-entry permit was rescinded. As a result his last two films were made in England.| Release date | | Title | | Credited as | | Notes | ||||
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| Composer | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | | Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Role | |||
| September 12, 1957 | A King in New York A King in New York A King in New York is a 1957 British comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin in his last leading role, which presents a satirical view of certain aspects of United States politics and society. The film was produced in Europe after Chaplin's exile from the US in 1952... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | King Shahdov | An Attica-Archway production Not released in the United States until 1967 |
| January 5, 1967 | A Countess from Hong Kong A Countess from Hong Kong A Countess from Hong Kong is a 1967 British comedy film and the last film directed by Charlie Chaplin. It was one of two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role , and his only color film. Chaplin's cameo marked his final screen appearance... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | An Old Steward | A Universal Production Universal Studios Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios.... in Panavision Panavision Panavision is an American motion picture equipment company specializing in cameras and lenses, based in Woodland Hills, California. Formed by Robert Gottschalk as a small partnership to create anamorphic projection lenses during the widescreen boom in the 1950s, Panavision expanded its product... and Technicolor Technicolor Technicolor is a color motion picture process invented in 1916 and improved over several decades.It was the second major process, after Britain's Kinemacolor, and the most widely used color process in Hollywood from 1922 to 1952... Produced by Jerome Epstein Chaplin has a small cameo role |
Other film appearances
In addition to his official 82 films, Chaplin has several unfinished productions in his body of work. He made several cameo appearances as himself and was featured in several compilation films.Uncompleted or unreleased films
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| Composer | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | | Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Role | |||
| 1915–1916 | Life | Yes | Yes | Yes | Uncompleted, although parts were used in The Essanay-Chaplin Revue (see below) | ||
| 1918 | How to Make Movies | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | Never assembled, although parts were used in The Chaplin Revue The Chaplin Revue The Chaplin Revue is a 1959 film comprising three silent films made by Charlie Chaplin. The three shorts included are A Dog's Life, Shoulder Arms, and The Pilgrim. All three star Chaplin's trademark character, The Tramp. For the 1959 release, Chaplin added a soundtrack to help appeal to modern... (see below) Reconstructed in 1981 by Kevin Brownlow Kevin Brownlow Kevin Brownlow is a filmmaker, film historian, television documentary-maker, author, and Academy Award recipient. Brownlow is best known for his work documenting the history of the silent era. Brownlow became interested in silent film at the age of eleven. This interest grew into a career spent... and David Gill David Gill (film historian) David Ian Gill was born in Papua New Guinea, the son of Cecil Gill, a missionary doctor. His uncle was the sculptor Eric Gill. The family returned to England in 1933 where Gill attended the Belmont Abbey School, Hereford... |
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| (untitled film) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Himself | A charity film co-starring Harry Lauder Harry Lauder Sir Henry Lauder , known professionally as Harry Lauder, was an international Scottish entertainer, described by Sir Winston Churchill as "Scotland's greatest ever ambassador!"-Early life:... |
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| 1919 | The Professor The Professor (film) The Professor is a 1919 American silent comedy film made at the Chaplin Studios for the First National film company starring Charlie Chaplin. However, the film was never released or even completed. Chaplin abandoned production after finishing only one scene... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Professor Bosco | Slated as a two-reeler, but never issued | |
| c.1922 | Nice and Friendly | Yes | Yes | Yes | Villain | Improvised sketch | |
| 1926 | A Woman of the Sea A Woman of the Sea A Woman of the Sea, also known by its working title Sea Gulls, was an unreleased 1926 silent film produced by the Chaplin Film Company.... |
Yes | Completed but never released Chaplin had the negative burned on June 24, 1933 |
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| 1933 | All at Sea | Himself | An 11-minute home film shot by Alistair Cooke Alistair Cooke Alfred Alistair Cooke KBE was a British/American journalist, television personality and broadcaster. Outside his journalistic output, which included Letter from America and Alistair Cooke's America, he was well known in the United States as the host of PBS Masterpiece Theater from 1971 to 1992... onboard Chaplin's boat, Panacea, and featuring Cooke with Chaplin and Paulette Goddard Paulette Goddard Paulette Goddard was an American film and theatre actress. A former child fashion model and in several Broadway productions as Ziegfeld Girl, she was a major star of the Paramount Studio in the 1940s. She was married to several notable men, including Charlie Chaplin, Burgess Meredith, and Erich... |
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| 1966–1975 | The Freak The Freak The Freak was an unfinished dramatic comedy from Charles Chaplin. The story revolved around a young South American girl who unexpectedly sprouts a pair of wings. She is kidnapped and taken to London, where her captors cash in by passing her off as an angel. Later she escapes, only to be arrested... |
Yes | A production planned for Chaplin's daughter, Victoria Victoria Chaplin Victoria Chaplin is an Anglo-American actress, the daughter of actor/comedian Charlie Chaplin and Oona O'Neill Chaplin, and the granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill.... |
Compilations
EssanayEssanay Studios
The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company was an American motion picture studio. It is best known today for its series of Charlie Chaplin comedies of 1915.-Founding:...
produced three compilations without Chaplin's authority (to which he took legal action). Chaplin produced his own compilation in 1959 and was involved in the making of another in 1975.
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| Composer | | Producer Film producer A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The... | | Writer Screenwriter Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:... | | Director Film director A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:... | | Role | |||
| March 31, 1915 | Introducing Charlie Chaplin | Promo film intended for exhibitors to show as a prologue to Chaplin films | |||||
| September 23, 1916 | The Essanay-Chaplin Revue | Yes | Yes | Ex-convict | Compiled by Leo White Leo White Leo White was a stage performer and appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. He started his film career in 1911 and in 1913 moved to the Essanay Studios. In 1915, he began appearing in Chaplin's comedies and continued through Chaplin's Mutual Film comedies... from portions of Police Police The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force... and Life with new material directed by White Unauthorized by Chaplin. |
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| 1916 | Zepped | A propaganda piece of which a seven-minute reel was discovered in 2009. Put up for sale on eBay in 2011, but failed to reach auction expectations. | |||||
| May 1918 | Chase Me Charlie | Yes | Yes | A seven-reel montage of Essanay films, edited by Langford Reed. Released in England. Unauthorized by Chaplin | |||
| September 25, 1959 | The Chaplin Revue The Chaplin Revue The Chaplin Revue is a 1959 film comprising three silent films made by Charlie Chaplin. The three shorts included are A Dog's Life, Shoulder Arms, and The Pilgrim. All three star Chaplin's trademark character, The Tramp. For the 1959 release, Chaplin added a soundtrack to help appeal to modern... |
Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Tramp / Recruit / Escaped Convict / Himself | Compiled from A Dog's Life A Dog's Life A Dog's Life is a silent film written, produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin. This was Chaplin's first film for First National Films.... , Shoulder Arms Shoulder Arms Shoulder Arms is Charlie Chaplin's second film for First National Pictures. Released in 1918, it is a silent comedy set in France during World War I. The main part of the film occurs in a dream. It co-starred Edna Purviance and Sydney Chaplin, Chaplin's brother... , The Pilgrim, and How to Make Movies |
| 1975 | The Gentleman Tramp | A compilation documentary featuring new scenes of Chaplin at his home in Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition.... |
Cameos
In addition to his own productions of A Woman of ParisA Woman of Paris
A Woman of Paris is a feature-length silent film that debuted in 1923. The film, an atypical drama film for its creator, was written, directed, produced and later scored by Charlie Chaplin. It is also known as A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate....
(1923) and A Countess From Hong Kong
A Countess from Hong Kong
A Countess from Hong Kong is a 1967 British comedy film and the last film directed by Charlie Chaplin. It was one of two films Chaplin directed in which he did not play a major role , and his only color film. Chaplin's cameo marked his final screen appearance...
(1967), Chaplin made cameo appearances as himself in the following films:
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| 1915 | His Regeneration His Regeneration His Regeneration is a 1915 American comedy silent film made by Essanay Studios. It featured Charlie Chaplin in an uncredited role as a customer.-Synopsis:A rough criminal gets into an argument over a girl in a dance hall.-Cast:* Gilbert M... |
Charles Chaplin - Customer (uncredited) |
| 1921 | The Nut | Chaplin's footage does not appear in surviving prints, although one sequence that does survive features an unknown actor in Chaplin's tramp The Tramp The Tramp, also known as The Little Tramp was Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character, a recognized icon of world cinema most dominant during the silent film era.... persona Persona A persona, in the word's everyday usage, is a social role or a character played by an actor. The word is derived from Latin, where it originally referred to a theatrical mask. The Latin word probably derived from the Etruscan word "phersu", with the same meaning, and that from the Greek πρόσωπον... |
| 1923 | Souls for Sale Souls for Sale Souls for Sale is a silent film written, directed, and produced by Rupert Hughes from his novel of the same name. The film featured Eleanor Boardman in her first leading role, having won a contract with Goldwyn Studios through their "New Faces of 1921" contest just two years prior.The film is most... |
Shown on the set of A Woman of Paris |
| Hollywood Hollywood (1923 film) Hollywood was a silent comedy film directed by James Cruze, co-written by Frank Condon and Thomas J. Geraghty, and released by Paramount Pictures.The film has become famous as having featured cameos of more than thirty famous Hollywood stars... |
Lost film Lost film A lost film is a feature film or short film that is no longer known to exist in studio archives, private collections or public archives such as the Library of Congress, where at least one copy of all American films are deposited and catalogued for copyright reasons... |
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| 1928 | Show People Show People Show People is a 1928 comedy silent film directed by King Vidor. The movie was a starring vehicle for actress Marion Davies and actor William Haines and included notable cameo appearances by many of the film personalities of the day, including stars Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, William S.... |
Added to the National Film Registry National Film Registry The National Film Registry is the United States National Film Preservation Board's selection of films for preservation in the Library of Congress. The Board, established by the National Film Preservation Act of 1988, was reauthorized by acts of Congress in 1992, 1996, 2005, and again in October 2008... in 2003 |
Cartoons
Chaplin "appeared" as himself in the following animated cartoonAnimated cartoon
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot...
shorts:
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| 1923 | Felix in Hollywood Felix in Hollywood Felix in Hollywood is a 1923 short featuring Felix the Cat. In the episode, Felix goes to Hollywood and meets Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, William S... |
Felix the Cat Felix the Cat Felix the Cat is a cartoon character created in the silent film era. His black body, white eyes, and giant grin, coupled with the surrealism of the situations in which his cartoons place him, combine to make Felix one of the most recognized cartoon characters in film history... |
| 1930 | Hot for Hollywood | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Oswald the Lucky Rabbit Oswald the Lucky Rabbit is an anthropomorphic rabbit and animated cartoon character created by Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney for films distributed by Universal Pictures in the 1920s and 1930s... |
| 1933 | Mickey's Gala Premiere Mickey's Gala Premiere Mickey's Gala Premier is a Walt Disney cartoon produced in 1933, directed by Burt Gillett. It features several famous Hollywood film actors from the 1930s.Some sources claim this cartoon is called "Mickey's Gala Premiere"... |
Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse is a cartoon character created in 1928 by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks at The Walt Disney Studio. Mickey is an anthropomorphic black mouse and typically wears red shorts, large yellow shoes, and white gloves... |
| 1933 | The Merry Old Soul | Oswald the Lucky Rabbit |
| 1936 | Mickey's Polo Team Mickey's Polo Team Mickey's Polo Team is a short animated film, directed by David Hand and first released on January 4, 1936. The short featured a game of polo between four of Disney's animated characters and four animated caricatures of noted film actors... |
Mickey Mouse |
Dramatic films about Chaplin
Chaplin's life has been dramatizedDrama film
A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...
in the following films:
| Year | | Title | | Actor playing Chaplin |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Young Charlie Chaplin |
Joe Geary |
| 1992 | Chaplin | Robert Downey, Jr. |
| 2001 | The Cat's Meow The Cat's Meow The Cat's Meow is a 2001 drama film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, and starring Kirsten Dunst, Eddie Izzard, Edward Herrmann, Cary Elwes, Joanna Lumley, and Jennifer Tilly. The screenplay by Steven Peros is based on his play of the same title, which was inspired by the mysterious death of film... |
Eddie Izzard Eddie Izzard Edward John "Eddie" Izzard is a British stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy style takes the form of rambling, whimsical monologue and self-referential pantomime... |