Police (1916)
Country: US
Technical: bw 34m
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles
Synopsis:
Charlie is released from prison and immediately falls foul of a phoney preacher-cum-pickpocket. He then falls in with an old cellmate, whom he helps burgle a house, but a change of heart reaps an act of kindness at last.
Review:
Chaplin's last film at Essanay (Triple Trouble was merely cobbled together from other shot footage, and released much later), this pretty much shows the star treading water, with some of the cop slapstick harking back to Sennett days. Still, there is a choice cameo from James T. Kelley as a drunk with a watch just asking to be stolen, and a panned iris shot from Edna's hand to her face showing that he was still innovating with this uninspiring material. The dosshouse exterior, parts of Edna's house, and some situations reappear in the Triple Trouble collage.
Country: US
Technical: bw 34m
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles
Synopsis:
Charlie is released from prison and immediately falls foul of a phoney preacher-cum-pickpocket. He then falls in with an old cellmate, whom he helps burgle a house, but a change of heart reaps an act of kindness at last.
Review:
Chaplin's last film at Essanay (Triple Trouble was merely cobbled together from other shot footage, and released much later), this pretty much shows the star treading water, with some of the cop slapstick harking back to Sennett days. Still, there is a choice cameo from James T. Kelley as a drunk with a watch just asking to be stolen, and a panned iris shot from Edna's hand to her face showing that he was still innovating with this uninspiring material. The dosshouse exterior, parts of Edna's house, and some situations reappear in the Triple Trouble collage.
Country: US
Technical: bw 34m
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Wesley Ruggles
Synopsis:
Charlie is released from prison and immediately falls foul of a phoney preacher-cum-pickpocket. He then falls in with an old cellmate, whom he helps burgle a house, but a change of heart reaps an act of kindness at last.
Review:
Chaplin's last film at Essanay (Triple Trouble was merely cobbled together from other shot footage, and released much later), this pretty much shows the star treading water, with some of the cop slapstick harking back to Sennett days. Still, there is a choice cameo from James T. Kelley as a drunk with a watch just asking to be stolen, and a panned iris shot from Edna's hand to her face showing that he was still innovating with this uninspiring material. The dosshouse exterior, parts of Edna's house, and some situations reappear in the Triple Trouble collage.