Written, directed, edited, scored, and starring Charles Chaplin, A Day’s Pleasure is the story of the Tramp and a family trying to spend a day together where everything goes wrong. The film is a simple slapstick comedy where Chaplin plays the role of the Tramp as he tries to get his wife and children a chance to have a good day. Also starring Edna Purviance and Jackie Coogan. A Day’s Pleasure is a delightful film from Charles Chaplin.
The film is a simple story of a family spending the day together where a lot of things ensue in the course of an entire day. All of which involves the Tramp in a series of gags relating to his car as well as being on a boat with his family as Charles Chaplin explores everything that could go wrong on a family outing. All of which told in a simple manner as Chaplin’s direction keep some of the compositions to the point while creating some inventive gags in the process. Even as it involves a scene with a car that doesn’t really work or how someone would get seasick as the sequence in the latter is among one of the finest presentations of humor ever. Especially in the way Chaplin would create the idea of what it would be like on a boat as he would capture some of that humor through his rhythmic approach to editing. Chaplin’s score would also maintain that sense of humor as it’s often exuberant and bouncy which plays into the many misadventures of the Tramp. Overall, Chaplin crafts a very charming and fun film about a family outing.
Cinematographer Roland Totheroh does fantastic work with the film‘s black-and-white photography to capture the sunny look of a family outing on the sea where the Tramp and his family are on the boat. Production designer Charles D. Hall does superb work with the set pieces from the look of the car as well as the design of the boat when it rocks back and forth. The film’s cast features appearances from Henry Bergman in a trio of roles as a large policeman, a ship captain, and a big man in a car, Tom Wilson as a large husband on a boat, Babe London as the large husband’s seasick wife, Loyal Underwood as an angry little man on the street, Marion Feducha and Bob Kelly as the Tramp’s eldest son, Jackie Coogan as the youngest child, and Edna Purviance as the Tramp’s wife. Finally, there’s Charles Chaplin as the Tramp as it’s another enjoyable performance in the way the Tramp tries to start his car or adjust to being on a boat as it’s one of his funniest performances.
A Day’s Pleasure is an excellent film from Charles Chaplin. It’s among one of his finest shorts as well as one of his most entertaining in the way it explores a family outing and how it can go wrong. In the end, A Day’s Pleasure is a splendid film from Charles Chaplin.
Charles Chaplin Films: (Twenty Minutes of Love) - (Caught in the Rain) - (A Busy Day) - (Her Friend the Bandit) - (Mabel’s Married Life) - (Laughing Gas) - (The Face On the Bar Room Floor) - (Recreation) - (The Masquerader) - (His New Profession) - The Rounders - (The Property Man) - (The New Janitor) - (Those Love Pangs) - (Dough & Dynamite) - (Gentlemen of Nerve) - (His Musical Career) - (His Trysting Place) - (Getting Acquainted) - (His Prehistoric Past) - (His New Job) - (A Night Out) - (The Champion) - (In the Park) - (A Jitney Elopement) - (The Tramp) - (By the Sea (1915 film)) - (His Regeneration) - (Work (1915 film) - (A Woman) - (The Bank) - (Shanghaied) - (A Night in the Snow) - (Burlesque on Carmen) - (Police (1916 film)) - (Triple Trouble) - (The Floorwalker) - (The Fireman) - (The Vagabond) - (One A.M. (1916 film)) - (The Count) - (The Pawnshop) - (Behind the Screen) - (The Rink) - (Easy Street) - (The Cure (1917 film)) - (The Immigrant (1917 film)) - (The Adventurer) - A Dog's Life - (The Bond) - Shoulder Arms - Sunnyside - (The Professor) - The Kid - The Idle Class - Pay Day - The Pilgrim - A Woman of Paris - The Gold Rush - The Circus - City Lights - Modern Times - The Great Dictator - Monsieur Verdoux - Limelight - A King in New York - (A Countess from Hong Kong)
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Written, directed, edited, scored, and starring Charles Chaplin, Shoulder Arms is a war comedy where the Tramp becomes part of the French army during World War I as he thinks about what he will do in war. The film is a comedy on the idea of war as Chaplin creates a film of what would happen if the Tramp was in battle. Also starring Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, Tom Wilson, and Sydney Chaplin. Shoulder Arms is an incredibly witty film from Charles Chaplin.
The film is a simple story where a soldier thinks about what he will do in a war as he deals with loneliness, his incompetence, and some of the actions that would eventually make him a hero. It is a film where Charles Chaplin has the Tramp in these situations as he deals with the silliness of war as well as the duties in being a soldier where he would eventually save a Frenchwoman (Edna Purviance) from the Germans. It’s a script that plays into some of the silly aspects of war and that sense of not knowing what to do when in battle where the Tramp had to do things in order to survive where he would even disguise himself as a tree at one point.
Chaplin’s direction is quite playful in the way he captures the idea of soldier formations and the idea of what happens if the Tramp is guarding in a trench that is rainy where he and his soldiers are sleeping inside a cave that is being flooded. It’s all part of Chaplin’s idea into the silly aspects of war where infuses a lot of humor that includes the Tramp opening a can of limburger cheese where he would unknowingly throw into the enemy trench. Much of the compositions are quite simple yet there’s that sense of energy that Chaplin puts into the humor as he would also capture that energy in his editing as it is straightforward as well as playful. Chaplin’s music score has this exuberance in its orchestral score, which he added in its 1957 reissue, where it plays into the humor as well as the romance between the Tramp and the Frenchwoman. Overall, Chaplin crafts a very delightful and every entertaining film about a soldier going to war.
Cinematographer Roland Totheroh does excellent work with the film‘s black-and-white photography to capture the murkiness of the drenched trenches as well as the images of the forests. Production designer Charles D. Hall does fantastic work with the set design of the trenches and camps as well as the German base where the Tramp beats up an army leader.
The film’s superb cast includes some notable small roles from Sydney Chaplin in a trio of roles as a drill sergeant, a comrade, and a Kaiser as well as Henry Bergman as a bartender, a German sergeant, and a field marshal, Tom Wilson as a wood-cutter, Austin Albert as an American officer and two different German soldiers, and Jack Wilson as a German Crown Prince who is the butt of many jokes for his troops. Edna Purviance is amazing as the Frenchwoman that the Tramp would save as she would also aid in the capture of a German officer. Finally, there’s Charles Chaplin as the Tramp where he manages to keep things very interesting in the way he guards the trenches or interact with soldiers and the enemy as it’s another fine performance from Chaplin.
Shoulder Arms is a marvelous film from Charles Chaplin as it’s one of the finest shorts he’s done. Especially as he makes fun of the idea of war and what soldiers have to go through in a comical manner. In the end, Shoulder Arms is a brilliant film from Charles Chaplin.
Charles Chaplin Films: (Twenty Minutes of Love) - (Caught in the Rain) - (A Busy Day) - (Her Friend the Bandit) - (Mabel’s Married Life) - (Laughing Gas) - (The Face On the Bar Room Floor) - (Recreation) - (The Masquerader) - (His New Profession) - The Rounders - (The Property Man) - (The New Janitor) - (Those Love Pangs) - (Dough & Dynamite) - (Gentlemen of Nerve) - (His Musical Career) - (His Trysting Place) - (Getting Acquainted) - (His Prehistoric Past) - (His New Job) - (A Night Out) - (The Champion) - (In the Park) - (A Jitney Elopement) - (The Tramp) - (By the Sea (1915 film)) - (His Regeneration) - (Work (1915 film) - (A Woman) - (The Bank) - (Shanghaied) - (A Night in the Snow) - (Burlesque on Carmen) - (Police (1916 film)) - (Triple Trouble) - (The Floorwalker) - (The Fireman) - (The Vagabond) - (One A.M. (1916 film)) - (The Count) - (The Pawnshop) - (Behind the Screen) - (The Rink) - (Easy Street) - (The Cure (1917 film)) - (The Immigrant (1917 film)) - (The Adventurer) - A Dog‘s Life - (The Bond) - Sunnyside - A Day’s Pleasure - (The Professor) - The Kid - The Idle Class - Pay Day - The Pilgrim - A Woman of Paris - The Gold Rush - The Circus - City Lights - Modern Times - The Great Dictator - Monsieur Verdoux - Limelight - A King in New York - (A Countess from Hong Kong)
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Written, directed, edited, scored, and starring Charles Chaplin, A Dog’s Life is the story of a man who finds a stray dog as he they would help a young woman and get a better life The film is another of Chaplin’s silent comedies as he plays the role of the Tramp who tries to get going with a dog named Scraps as his companion. Also starring Edna Purviance. A Dog’s Life is a whimsical yet heartfelt film from Charles Chaplin.
The film is a simple tale where the Tramp tries to survive the streets where he meets a dog named Scraps as they work together and eventually help a bar singer (Edna Purviance) who is constantly mistreated at work. Charles Chaplin’s screenplay not only stretches out the Tramp’s need to survive where he would do it in a comical fashion but also find a companion in this dog who was also mistreated where the two find each other and help each other. Even as they would evade the cops and other forces as well as annoy a lunch wagon owner (Sydney Chaplin) and other individuals.
Chaplin’s direction is very mesmerizing in the way he manages to create compositions that seem simple but has a lot more to say. Especially as Chaplin maintains a sense of energy into much of the physical humor and in some of the drama that unfolds. Also serving as editor where he maintains a straightforward presentation, Chaplin also maintains that sense of grit in the many situations that the Tramp and Scraps would endure as well as these little moments that play into Scraps wanting food or being hidden inside the Tramp. Things do get a little dramatic once the Tramp tries to help the singer as Chaplin’s score, from its 1957 reissued edition, plays into bits of the sentimentality with its lush orchestral score as well as the humorous moments with more upbeat themes. Overall, Chaplin creates a very lively and heartwarming film about a man and his dog.
Cinematographer Roland Totheroh does excellent work with the film‘s black-and-white photography to capture the sense of grit for the film‘s inner city setting as well as more somber yet upbeat lighter schemes for the more livelier moments. Production designer Charles D. Hall does superb work with the look of the cities as well as the dancehall where the Tramp meets the singer.
The film’s cast includes some notable small roles from Sydney Chaplin as a lunch wagon owner, Albert Austin in a dual role as an employment clerk and a thief, Henry Bergman in a dual role as an unemployed man and a fat lady, Bud Jamison as a thief, and Tom Wilson as a policeman. Edna Purviance is wonderful as the bar singer who feels mistreated as she meets the Tramp and falls for him. In the role of Scraps is a thoroughbred mongrel named Mut as he brings a lot of life to that character making one of the finest animals captured on film. Finally, there’s Charles Chaplin as the Tramp where it’s Chaplin bringing some charm and great physical comedy to his performance as it’s one of his essential performances as the Tramp.
A Dog’s Life is an excellent film from Charles Chaplin as it’s one of his essential comedies during the silent era as it’s one that audiences needed to see. Especially in how he can take a simple story and do so much more to showcase his talents as a storyteller. In the end, A Dog’s Life is a fantastic film from Charles Chaplin.
Charles Chaplin Films: (Twenty Minutes of Love) - (Caught in the Rain) - (A Busy Day) - (Her Friend the Bandit) - (Mabel’s Married Life) - (Laughing Gas) - (The Face On the Bar Room Floor) - (Recreation) - (The Masquerader) - (His New Profession) - The Rounders - (The Property Man) - (The New Janitor) - (Those Love Pangs) - (Dough & Dynamite) - (Gentlemen of Nerve) - (His Musical Career) - (His Trysting Place) - (Getting Acquainted) - (His Prehistoric Past) - (His New Job) - (A Night Out) - (The Champion) - (In the Park) - (A Jitney Elopement) - (The Tramp) - (By the Sea (1915 film)) - (His Regeneration) - (Work (1915 film) - (A Woman) - (The Bank) - (Shanghaied) - (A Night in the Snow) - (Burlesque on Carmen) - (Police (1916 film)) - (Triple Trouble) - (The Floorwalker) - (The Fireman) - (The Vagabond) - (One A.M. (1916 film)) - (The Count) - (The Pawnshop) - (Behind the Screen) - (The Rink) - (Easy Street) - (The Cure (1917 film)) - (The Immigrant (1917 film)) - (The Adventurer) - (The Bond) - Shoulder Arms - Sunnyside - A Day’s Pleasure - (The Professor) - The Kid - The Idle Class - Pay Day - The Pilgrim - A Woman of Paris - The Gold Rush - The Circus - City Lights - Modern Times - The Great Dictator - Monsieur Verdoux - Limelight - A King in New York - (A Countess from Hong Kong)
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Written, directed, edited, and starring Charles Chaplin, Sunnyside is the story of a hotel handyman who fights a man from the city over a girl from the village. The thirty-four minute short film is an example of Chaplin’s unique approach to humor as he plays a variation of the Tramp character. Also starring Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Tom Wilson, and Olive Ann Alcorn. Sunnyside is a witty comedy from Charles Chaplin.
The film is a simple story about a hotel maintenance worker who deals with job and his girl where he fears he might lose her to a man from the city who arrived to his small village. Told in a typical slapstick, comedic style, it’s a film that doesn’t require much plot other than the Tramp character that Charles Chaplin play deal with his cruel boss who often kicks him in the ass and tries to do things only to screw things up. The script allows Chaplin to tell this story of this hapless handyman who is in love with the village girl (Edna Purviance) as he finds himself dealing with the city man who has everything.
Chaplin’s direction is pretty simple in terms of its compositions yet he does manage to create some very amazing moments in the scenes he creates. Notably in of the film’s opening moments between the Tramp and his boss (Tom Wilson) who often kicks him in the ass as it’s all presented in a form of slapstick where the tramp has no idea what he’s doing. Through his own editing and the way he times these comedic moments, Chaplin creates something that is just compelling in the way he brings humor in order to tell the story as the Tramp is just eager to try to win over the girl from the city man. Overall, Chaplin creates a very lively and entertaining film about an ordinary man fighting for his beloved.
Cinematographer Roland Totheroh does excellent work with the film‘s black-and-white photography to play into the film‘s vibrant look. Production designer Charles D. Hall does nice work with the set pieces from the look of the hotel as well as the home of the Tramp‘s beloved. The film’s music by Charles Chaplin is brilliant as it’s quite comical in its orchestral presentation but also somber at times to play into the Tramp’s moments of despair.
The film’s great cast includes some notable small performances from Olive Ann Alcorn as a nymph that the Tramp dreams about, Henry Bergman in a dual role as a villager and the girl’s father, and Tom Wilson as the Tramp’s boss who often kicks him in the ass. Edna Purviance is wonderful as the village belle who adores the Tramp while being wooed by the city man who wants her affections. Finally, there’s Charlie Chaplin in a fantastic performance as the Tramp where Chaplin just brings in a performance that is always fun to watch from his physicality to how he expresses himself without words.
Sunnyside is a terrific short film from Charles Chaplin. The film is definitely one of his finer comedies in the way it displays his gift for slapstick humor, pantomime, and how he can create a scene in a funny manner. In the end, Sunnyside is an enchanting film from Charles Chaplin.
Charles Chaplin Films: (Twenty Minutes of Love) - (Caught in the Rain) - (A Busy Day) - (Her Friend the Bandit) - (Mabel’s Married Life) - (Laughing Gas) - (The Face On the Bar Room Floor) - (Recreation) - (The Masquerader) - (His New Profession) - The Rounders - (The Property Man) - (The New Janitor) - (Those Love Pangs) - (Dough & Dynamite) - (Gentlemen of Nerve) - (His Musical Career) - (His Trysting Place) - (Getting Acquainted) - (His Prehistoric Past) - (His New Job) - (A Night Out) - (The Champion) - (In the Park) - (A Jitney Elopement) - (The Tramp) - (By the Sea (1915 film)) - (His Regeneration) - (Work (1915 film) - (A Woman) - (The Bank) - (Shanghaied) - (A Night in the Snow) - (Burlesque on Carmen) - (Police (1916 film)) - (Triple Trouble) - (The Floorwalker) - (The Fireman) - (The Vagabond) - (One A.M. (1916 film)) - (The Count) - (The Pawnshop) - (Behind the Screen) - (The Rink) - (Easy Street) - (The Cure (1917 film)) - (The Immigrant (1917 film)) - (The Adventurer) - A Dog’s Life - (The Bond) - Shoulder Arms - A Day’s Pleasure - (The Professor) - The Kid - The Idle Class - Pay Day - The Pilgrim - A Woman of Paris - The Gold Rush - The Circus - City Lights - Modern Times - The Great Dictator - Monsieur Verdoux - Limelight - A King in New York - (A Countess from Hong Kong)
© thevoid99 2014
