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A video essay on Charlie Chaplin's film "Limelight" (1952).

January 2, 2005

A documentary spotlighting the personal lives and friendly (sometimes) rivalry of the two legendary Hollywood comedians Charlie Chaplin vs. Buster Keaton.

Charlie Chaplin was at one time the most famous person in the world. His creation – the little tramp – was a universal figure adored by millions across the globe. He took crude, knockabout, slapstick comedy and transformed it into an art form with films that have stood the test of time. Terry Jones, comedian, writer and director, best known for being a leading member of Monty Python and long-time fan of silent comedies, offers a personal re-appraisal of the man who changed the face of film comedy.With access to a wealth of home movie material, Terry Jones also looks at the troubled private life of Chaplin: his loves, his politics, and his obsessions. He talks to Chaplin family members and biographers in his quest to get inside the skin of one of the true giants of film and comedy…

December 31, 1918

Restoration compilation of shorts done by Charlie Chaplin under Essaney studios including His New Job, A Night Out, The Champion, In The Park, A Jitney Elopement, The Tramp, By The Sea, His Generation, Work,

February 21, 2014

A recently orphaned young Kurdish-French woman travels to Iraqi Kurdistan to find her mother's village, likely destroyed during the Anfal genocide. On her journey she meets two American film students who are traveling to remote villages screening Charlie Chaplin films. They decide to help her search, an undertaking that brings them to the war-weary Mount Qandil, dubbed by the locals the Kurdish Bermuda Triangle, along the Iraqi-Turkish-Iranian borders.

Trace the remarkable arc of Charlie Chaplin's silent-screen career with a comprehensive collection of his most "essential" films. This first installment of a multivolume set includes Making a Living (his first film) and Mabel's Strange Predicament. Making a Living finds Chaplin causing problems for a newspaper reporter (Henry Lehrman); Mabel's Strange Predicament finds him donning his signature tramp costume for the very first time.

Documentary on Hollywood in the time of Chaplin.

6 classic episodes: 1. The Rink 2. Easy Street 3. The Immigrant 4. The Adventurer 5. Behind the Screen 6. The Count

Miss Courtney impersonates Chaplin in a scene-by-scene copy of Chaplin's The Champion (1915), omitting the boxing scene.

An examination of Charles Chaplin's final starring film.

June 12, 2012

Charlie Chaplin composed most of his own scores, beginning with CITY LIGHTS in 1931. He also returned to his earlier silent films and composed new scores for their rereleases. In this 2012 interview, composer and conductor Timothy Brock discusses Chaplin’s musical achievements, as well as his own work reconstructing and conducting Chaplin’s scores.

In 1960s London, Bill Douglas and Charlie Chaplin nearly meet…

March 2, 2003

This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.

Renowned French comedian and filmmaker Max Linder visits Charlie Chaplin in 1917.

Musical tale of a happy man, whose happiness the fur king tried to buy.

The biography of silent film legend Charlie Chaplin is brought to the screen with the narration of fellow silent star, Gloria Swanson.

February 28, 1992

This rare two part documentary focuses on Charlie Chaplin's development at Keystone and Essanay. It concludes with a director's cut of the film Police (1916). The series is narrated by none other than Burgess Meredith.

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