Edna Purviance Movies

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin...

Two disruptive theater patrons, the wealthy drunk Mr. Pest (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the rowdy working-class Mr. Rowdy (also played by...

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and...

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....

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

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,...

It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over...

An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.

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

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of...

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril:...

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

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

British comedian Tommy Handley makes funny commentary on speeded up and shortened version of Triple trouble (1918)

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

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

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

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