Shanghaied. Charlie Shanghaied. Charlie on the ocean. Charlie the sailor. Night in the show. Charlie at the show. Night at the show. Police. Charlie in the police. Charlie the burglar. Housebreaker. Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen. Burlesque on Carmen. Triple trouble. Charlie's triple trouble.
Notes:
Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, Charlotte Mineau, Leo White, Ben Turpin, Bud Jamison, Billy Armstrong, Snub Pollard. Videodisc release of five short films originally produced by Essanay Film Manufacturing Co. between 1915 and 1918. Restored film and special contents by Film Preservation Associates.
Contents:
Shanghaied (1915, aka. Charlie Shanghaied, Charlie on the ocean, Charlie the sailor) -- A Night in the show (1915, aka. Charlie at the show, Night at the show) -- Police "Complete version" (1915, aka. Charlie in the police, Charlie the burglar, Housebreaker) -- Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen "Two reel version" (1915) -- Triple trouble (1918, aka. Charlie's triple trouble).
Summary:
A collection of Chaplin's films at Essanay Studios. Shanghaied: Hired to shanghai a crew, Chaplin is himself shanghaied and becomes assistant cook aboard a rolling boat. A Night in the show: Chaplin appears in a dual role as a playboy seated in the orchestra and as an obnoxious workman on a night out seated in the balcony. The latter closes the theater down by turning a fire hose on the fire-eating act. Police: The Tramp released from prison meets a former cell-mate and sets out to rob the home of a young woman. Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen: Parody of the popular Cecil B. DeMille film Carmen. Triple trouble: Charlie works in the home of an eccentric inventor from whom some German spies are attempting to obtain a formula.
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