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The Tramp (1915)

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Country: US
Technical: bw 26m
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Bud Jamison

Synopsis:

A tramp saves a farmer and his daughter from the machinations of three hobos but is frustrated in his hopes of love by the arrival of her far more eligible beau.

Review:

The last-minute disappointment brings a calculated touch of sentiment to this Essanay comedy; there is pathos too in the tramp's tearful munching on grass when his sandwich is stolen. Add the location scenes set in the countryside and the signature bookends on a dusty road and you have Charlie clearly setting out to try new things. Unfortunately a lot of the other scenes, involving variously a pitchfork, a sack of flour and a mallet, are among his less inspired. Never mind. It is still a semi-classic with a number of gags in his best style.

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Country: US
Technical: bw 26m
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Bud Jamison

Synopsis:

A tramp saves a farmer and his daughter from the machinations of three hobos but is frustrated in his hopes of love by the arrival of her far more eligible beau.

Review:

The last-minute disappointment brings a calculated touch of sentiment to this Essanay comedy; there is pathos too in the tramp's tearful munching on grass when his sandwich is stolen. Add the location scenes set in the countryside and the signature bookends on a dusty road and you have Charlie clearly setting out to try new things. Unfortunately a lot of the other scenes, involving variously a pitchfork, a sack of flour and a mallet, are among his less inspired. Never mind. It is still a semi-classic with a number of gags in his best style.


Country: US
Technical: bw 26m
Director: Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Bud Jamison

Synopsis:

A tramp saves a farmer and his daughter from the machinations of three hobos but is frustrated in his hopes of love by the arrival of her far more eligible beau.

Review:

The last-minute disappointment brings a calculated touch of sentiment to this Essanay comedy; there is pathos too in the tramp's tearful munching on grass when his sandwich is stolen. Add the location scenes set in the countryside and the signature bookends on a dusty road and you have Charlie clearly setting out to try new things. Unfortunately a lot of the other scenes, involving variously a pitchfork, a sack of flour and a mallet, are among his less inspired. Never mind. It is still a semi-classic with a number of gags in his best style.

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