The Pawnshop (1916)
Country: US
Technical: bw 25m
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Eric Campbell
Synopsis:
Charlie works at a pawnshop for a kind-hearted if stern Jewish proprietor, but cannot get on with his colleague. Provoking disaster and offence at every turn, he redeems himself by foiling a thief.
Review:
Weak characterisation and plotting flaw an otherwise breathless succession of gags of Chaplin's best vintage.
Country: US
Technical: bw 25m
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Eric Campbell
Synopsis:
Charlie works at a pawnshop for a kind-hearted if stern Jewish proprietor, but cannot get on with his colleague. Provoking disaster and offence at every turn, he redeems himself by foiling a thief.
Review:
Weak characterisation and plotting flaw an otherwise breathless succession of gags of Chaplin's best vintage.
Country: US
Technical: bw 25m
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Eric Campbell
Synopsis:
Charlie works at a pawnshop for a kind-hearted if stern Jewish proprietor, but cannot get on with his colleague. Provoking disaster and offence at every turn, he redeems himself by foiling a thief.
Review:
Weak characterisation and plotting flaw an otherwise breathless succession of gags of Chaplin's best vintage.