Edna Purviance Movies

A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I....

A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug,...

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter,...

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast...

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

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio....

A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.

This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in...

Chase Me Charlie was an anthology consisting of excerpts from several of Chaplin's short films made for the Essanay Company, including The Tramp,...

Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films.

Joan and Magdalen are the daughters of a fisherman. Magdalen leaves her fiancé, Peter, to run off to the big city. Joan and Peter marry....

Peter Sellers makes funny voice narration over the Chaplin film A Burlesque on Carmen (1915).

Features four films made for the Mutual Film Company: The Count, The Vagabond, The Fireman, and Behind the Screen. Includes new digital stereo scores...

Joel Grey dresses up as Charlie Chaplin to tell the story of his movie career, and show many of his clips.