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The Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916: With Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ben Turpin, Leo White. Compilation of several Chaplin shorts made for the Essanay Company during 1915, including The Tramp, His New Job, and A Night Out.
- (55)
- 1916-10-21
- Comedy
- Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ben Turpin
The Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916 was made up of three two-reelers that Chaplin made for Essanay in 1915: The Tramp, His New Job and A Night Out. The films were edited to make a five-reeler and intertitles were added to create a continuous narrative.
Chaplin made fourteen short comedies for Essanay in 1915-1916, at both the Chicago and Niles studios, plus a cameo appearance in the Broncho Billy film 'His Regeneration'. Chaplin's Essanays are more disciplined than the chaotic roughhouse of Chaplin's Keystones, with better story value and character development.
The Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916 Also known as [The Chaplin Revue of 1916] (1916) United States of America B&W : Five reels Directed by Charles Chaplin. Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ben Turpin, Leo White. Essanay Film Manufacturing Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Jesse J. Robbins.
Mar 17, 2003 · Charles Chaplin, the English comedian with the tiny mustache whose weird repertoire of gestures and postures has helped make the Keystone low comedy films famous, has been captured by the Essanay company.
Compilation of several Chaplin shorts made for the Essanay Company during 1915, including The Tramp, His New Job, and A Night Out.
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production facilities at the Essanay studios in Chicago and Niles, California, Chaplin took solace in the fact that he would now enjoy the greater creative freedom he'd sought in vain at Keystone. In his first movie at Essanay, appropriately titled His New Job, Chaplin immediately experiments with a more innocent presentation of his Tramp. In ...