Charlie Chaplin Movies

Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films.

Sir Alexander Korda, one of the world's most flamboyant movie tycoons, rose from obscurity in rural Hungary to become a legendary filmmaker. With him...

Documentary about the life of silent film star Francis X. Bushman

A short documentary about the making of Chaplin's "Limelight."

Bob Monkhouse introduces the golden age of slapstick comedy.

Warner Bros. uses the movies to prepare the US for war and keep up morale on the home front during World War II.

Cinema a century ago was a new, exciting and highly democratic form of entertainment. Picture houses nationwide offered a sociable, lively...

Charlie Chaplin's rise to fame in the pioneering days of the film industry is one of the most dramatic rags to riches stories ever told. Follow his...

Mr. Snookie steals an umbrella and then, while trying to help a woman to cross a puddle, the Tramp appears and intervenes.

This short was made as a wedding present for Lord and Lady Mountbatten. In it, Lady Mountbatten has a valuable pearl necklace, which a very large...

A compilation featuring comedic stars of the silent era including Fatty Arbuckle, Charles Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Charley Chase, and Laurel and Hardy.

British comedian Tommy Handley makes funny commentary on speeded up and shortened version of Triple trouble (1918)

A short documentary about the making of "The Great Dictator."

The story of Swedish silent film actress Sigrid Holmquist's life (1899-1970), by using the silent film medium. It consists of already existing film...

In 1932, Chaplin, in full midlife crisis, escapes to Bali in search of himself to find the artistic rejuvenation and inspiration to do his difficult...

A fun-loving little boy's magic lantern show exposes some indiscreet moments between his landlady mother and her star boarder.

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

Documentary filmmaker Védrès' first semi-fictional feature was released in France in 1949 as La Vie Commence Demain. The film made it...

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast...

Charlie takes care of a man in a wheelchair.