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A reformed tramp becomes a policeman to fight a huge thug terrorizing an inner city street.

The Rink, a silent film from 1916, was Charlie Chaplin's eighth film for Mutual Films. The film co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, and Albert Austin, and is best known for showcasing Chaplin's roller skating skills.

After amusements working in a restaurant, Charlie uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

Director : Charles Chaplin, Edward Brewer (technical director)
Producer : Henry P. Caulfield
Starring : Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin
Release dates : December 4, 1916
Language : Silent film

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.

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The movie debut of Edna Purviance, she was Chaplin's female lead for more films than any other actress in his career. It was also Chaplin's first film with Essanay in California as his 1st Essanay was made in the Chicago studio. Also known as "Charlie's Drunken Daze", it co-stars Ben Turpin.

Released on February 15th, 1915 by Essanay Studios.

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...

The Immigrant is a 1917 American silent romantic comedy short. The film stars Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and falls in love with a beautiful young woman along the way. It also stars Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell.

The movie was written and directed by Chaplin.

According to Kevin Brownlow and David Gill's documentary series Unknown Chaplin, the first scenes to be written and filmed take place in what became the movie's second half, in which the penniless Tramp finds a coin and goes for a meal in a restaurant, not realising that the coin has fallen out of his pocket. It was not until later that Chaplin decided the reason the Tramp was penniless was that he had just arrived on a boat from Europe, and used this notion as the basis for the first half. Purviance reportedly was required to eat so many plates of beans during the many takes to complete the restaurant sequence (in character as another immigrant who falls in love with Charlie) that she became physically ill.

The scene in which Chaplin's character kicks an immigration officer was cited later as evidence of his anti-Americanism when he was forced to leave the United States in 1952. In 1998, The Immigrant was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

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. Edna Purviance plays the owner's daughter, while Albert Austin appears as an alarm clock owner who watches Chaplin in dismay as he dismantles the clock; the massive Eric Campbell's character attempts to rob the shop.

This was one of Chaplin's more popular movies for Mutual, mainly for the slapstick comedy he was famous for at the time.

In 1932, Amedee Van Beuren of Van Beuren Studios, purchased Chaplin's Mutual comedies for $10,000 each, added music by Gene Rodemich and Winston Sharples and sound effects, and re-released them through RKO Radio Pictures. Chaplin had no legal recourse to stop the RKO release.

CAST:
Charles Chaplin: Pawnshop assistant
Henry Bergman: Pawnbroker
Edna Purviance: His daughter
John Rand: Pawnshop assistant
Albert Austin: Client with clock
Wesley Ruggles: Client with ring
Eric Campbell: Thief

Watch A Night in the Show (1915) Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance.

Description:
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 (a.k.a. A Night at an English Music Hall in the United States) with the Karno Company from London. Chaplin performed this play during his U.S. tours with Fred Karno company and decided to bring some of this play to his film work. Edna Purviance played a minor role as a lady in the audience.

Cast: Charles Chaplin, Charlotte Mineau, Dee Lampton, Edna Purviance, Leo White
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
Produced by Jess Robbins
Written by Charlie Chaplin