The Little Tramp: The Charlie Chaplin Collection

Charles Chaplin was cinema s first superstar. Widely hailed as a comic genius he revolutionized film comedy. Born in London and trained in British music halls Chaplin immigrated to America and entered motion pictures where he developed his screen persona as the luckless Little Tramp character. Soon he was directing his own films and he refined movie comedy from pie-in-the-face broad slapstick to humorous portrayals of the human condition combining hilarity grace and pathos. In this remarkable compilation are the comedy shorts made during the most productive years of Chaplin s career from 1914 when he was first starting out as an unknown comic at Keystone Studios to the last short films he made in 1921 before working exclusively on features. Here are the shorts that made him famous and his Little Tramp character immortal; Easy Street The Vagabond The Pawnshop The Rounders The Rink plus many many more! Bonus material includes rare Charlie Chaplin cartoons and an ultra-rare promotional film showing Chaplin out of make-up and being waited on by theone and only Buster Keaton!System Requirements:Running Time: 950 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY UPC: 025493588095 Manufacturer No: PP-DV-5880 Product Description

Great quality, exept for a watermark...

This collection contains all of Chaplin's shorts, only it's missing five Essanays, and The Pilgrim. If you'd like to see Charlie's early work, this is a must-have. You won't find much better picture quality anywhere else. There's only one problem that I can identify, there is a watermark playing through all of the shorts. For those who are unaware of what a watermark is, it's like a telivison station logo. Most of the time, you can hardly see it, but when the screen is dark, it's quite visible. I wouldn't mind the watermark if they only had spelled his name right. It reads "THE CHARLIE CHAPLEN COLLECTION". . . aside from this flaw, great set. And, even if I knew about the watermark, I'd purchase this anyway with no hesitation. December 2, 2007

Charlie Chaplin 5 DVD Set from Passport Video

I received this DVD set yesterday, and here is my review:

All the movies have watermark on them "The CHARLIE CHAPLEN (not mystype!!!) Collection", placed on right-down side of screen. Watermark is sized like big TV station logo, and when scene is bright you could just barely see it, but when the scene is dark, it shows quite good. In my opinion this is unsatisfied, because I want "clear screen" view, without any watermarks.

I bought this Collection because I' like to find his Keystone movies in better conditions then I have them already. Keystone's here presented are in my opinion overaly in better condition from the other available compilations, but unfortenately, watermarked.

Essanay studio collection is not completed, there are missing a 5 titles, Mutual studio is complete, and the First National movies are here, but without "the Kid" and "the Pilgrim". Quality of this film is so-so, not good like Image Entertaiment or MK2 editions.

The final line: Will I buy this if I knew about watermark? Probably not, because quality of most movies I'm interested in (Keystone's) are maybe little better or the same like I have already, and all other films are available in better, restored editions April 16, 2007

"The Little Tramp...Charlie Chaplin (1914-1922) ~ Passport Video"

Passport Video and Koch Entertainment Distribution present "The Little Tramp: The Charlie Chaplin Collection" (1914-1922)
(Dolby digitally remastered)...relive those days of silent comedy from the early 1900's
when Charles Chaplin took us down the path to entertaining comedy from all our daily
troubles and brought abounding laughter into our lives....some of the best routines ever
to grace the Saturday Matinee Screen...don't miss any of the Charlie Chaplin
features loaded with laughs that will leave you wanting more of his priceless antics.

VERY SPECIAL BONUS MATERIAL:
1. Features: Chaplin Cartoon (1915); Super-rare fragments of once-lost Charlie Chaplin
cartoons produced early in Chaplin's career by animation pioneer Otto Messmer, creator
of Felix the Cat.
2. Seeing Stars (1922); An ultra-rare promotional film shot at First National Studios showing
Chaplin out of makeup, being waited on by none other than Buster Keaton!.
3. Hollywood Rivals: Charlie Chaplin vs. Buster Keaton; An original documentary that takes
a fascinating look at the rivalry between these two silent clowns, told with classic film clips, newsreels,
and rare photos

SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Charles Chaplin (aka: Charles Spencer Chaplin)
Birth Date: 4/16/1889 - Walworth, London, England, UK
Died: 12/25/1977 - Vevey, Switzerland

Special footnote, Chaplin's character of the little tramp with toothbrush mustache, undersized bowler hat and bamboo cane
who struggled to survive while keeping his dignity in a world with great social injustice...invented his tramp costume with the
help of 'Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle' 's pants. Arbuckle's father-in-law's derby, Chester Conklin's cutaway, Ford Sterling's
size-14 shoes, and some crepe paper belonging to Mack Swain (which became the tramp's mustache). The only item that
actually belonged to Chaplin was the whangee cane.

LITTLE TRAMP: THE CHARLIE CHAPLIN COLLECTION (in alphabetical order in which they appear)
1. The Adventurer (23:50)
2. Between Showers (15:00)
3. Behind the Screen (20:53)
4. Burlesque on Carmen (31:20)
5. Caught in a Cabaret (15:50)
6. The Champion (31:00)
7. The Count (25:20)
8. Cruel Cruel Love (09:13)
9. Cure (20:45)
10. A Day's Pleasure (21:00)
11. A Dog's Life (40:00)
12. Dough and Dynamite (18:20)
13. Easy Street (19:44)
14. A Film Johnny (07:13)
15. The Fireman (24:23)
16. Floorwalker (21:00)
17. His New Profession (aka: Good For Nothing) (16:00)
18. The Idle Class (25:00)
19. The Immigrant (25:20)
20. In the Park (14:25)
21. A Jitney Elopement (15:00)
22. Kid Auto Races at Venice (11:00)
23. Mabel at the Wheel (15:00)
24. Mabel's Busy Day (9:32)
25. Mabel's Married Life (14:00)
26. Making a Living (10:00)
27. Masquerader (9:22)
28. A Night Out (16:00)
29. A Night in the Show (23:41)
30. One A.M. (17::00)
31. The Pawnshop (32:00)
32. Pay Day (26:00)
33. Police (25:30)
34. The Rink (20:31)
35. Rival Mashers (aka: Those Love Pangs) (16:00)
36. The Rounders (08:20)
37. Shanghaied (27:22)
38. Shoulder Arms (45:00)
39. Sunnyside (34:00)
40. Tango Tangles (aka: Charlie's Recreation) (12:00)
41. The Tramp (19:44)
42. Triple Trouble (14:33)
43. The Vagabond (22:52)

Chaplin and Buster Keaton had an interesting relationship...considered rivals, Chaplin hired Keaton for a part in "Limelight" (1952)...Keaton, who was flat broke at the time, went into a career decline after having been signed by MGM in 1928...Chaplin, at this point, felt sorry for Keaton due to his hard luck...in his autobiography Keaton called Chaplin "the greatest silent comedian of all time."

Great job by Passport Video for releasing "The Little Tramp: The Charlie Chaplin Collection" (1914-1922), the digital transfere with a somewhat clean and clear print...looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage era of the '20s, '30s & '40s...order your copy now from Amazon or Passport Video where there are plenty of copies available on DVD, stay tuned once again for top notch performances mixed with laughter...they're funny, they're sad, but most of all they're passionate...Chaplin has often been criticized for putting too much sentimentality into his films...no one did it as successfully as Chaplin...this set is invaluable for Chaplin fans...Charlie was a genius in filmmaking and his film shorts finally have the release that they deserve.

Total Time: 950 mins on 5-DVD's ~ Passport Video DVD #5880 ~ (6/06/2006) July 12, 2006

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