20 records matched your query       

Title:

Chaplin's Essanay comedies. Volume 3 [videorecording DVD] / written and directed by Charles Chaplin ; produced by Jesse T. Robbins.

Format:

[videorecording DVD] /

Edition:

Digitally remastered version, speed corrected.

Publisher:

Image Entertainment distributor,

Copyright Date:

c1999

Description:

1 videodisc (DVD)(131 min.) : sd., b&w and col. tinted ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Comedy films--Video disc (DVD).
Short films--Video disc (DVD).
Silent films--Video disc (DVD).
DVD-Video discs.

Other Authors:

Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977.
James, Eric, 1913-
Israel, Robert.
Essanay Film Manufacturing Co.
Film Preservation Associates.

Other Titles:

Shanghaied [videorecording DVD]
Charlie Shanghaied [videorecording DVD]
Charlie on the ocean [videorecording DVD]
Charlie the sailor [videorecording DVD]
Night in the show [videorecording DVD]
Charlie at the show [videorecording DVD]
Night at the show [videorecording DVD]
Police [videorecording DVD]
Charlie in the police [videorecording DVD]
Charlie the burglar [videorecording DVD]
Housebreaker [videorecording DVD]
Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen [videorecording DVD]
Burlesque on Carmen [videorecording DVD]
Triple trouble [videorecording DVD]
Charlie's triple trouble [videorecording DVD]

Notes:

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. Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles, Charlotte Mineau, Leo White, Ben Turpin, Bud Jamison, Billy Armstrong, Snub Pollard.

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)42680823

Locations:

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)