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The Kid
1921 · Charlie Chaplin
- DirectorCharlie Chaplin
- CastCharlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Beulah Bains
- ComposerCharlie Chaplin
- Guide · Cinema at the time…longer story was seen as a commercial risk. Dominant forms Chaplin was among the world's biggest stars and a co-founder of United Artists in 1919, but this film was stil…
- Guide · Watch with intention…de by side, each changing the way the other lands. How much Chaplin and Jackie Coogan communicate through eye contact and small gestures, often with no intertitle needed…
- Guide · What to expect…between releases. Versions The 1921 original is longer than Chaplin's 1971 reissue, which has his own score and trimmed footage. Check which cut you are watching.
- Guide · Watch with kids?…ents. Inventive slapstick, a warm and funny double act, and Chaplin's expressive physical comedy that children can follow without dialogue. A gentle introduction to silen…
- Guide · Why watch this?…gan was very young, yet his timing and expressiveness match Chaplin's. Much of the pleasure lies in how naturally the two read each other, often with just a look. One of…
- Guide · Social context…d social judgment come from this world. Poverty and welfare Chaplin grew up in poverty in Victorian London, spending time in workhouse schools, and his mother suffered lo…
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City Lights
1931 · Charlie Chaplin
- DirectorCharlie Chaplin
- CastCharlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Al Ernest Garcia, Hank Mann
- ComposerCharlie Chaplin
- Guide · Why watch this?…. It is the defining late statement of silent comedy and of Chaplin's Tramp character. Often regarded as the finest of Chaplin's features, it joins slapstick and sentimen…
- Guide · Cinema at the time…pictures had replaced silents in nearly every major studio. Chaplin used the new ability to record sound only for a composed musical score and a few sound gags. Technolog…
- Guide · Watch with intention…logue, and a few sound effects are used knowingly as jokes. Chaplin's face and posture in the quiet moments, where the pace slows and comedy gives way to something delica…
- Guide · What to expectFormat Silent film with a synchronised orchestral score by Chaplin, some sound effects, and intertitles for the few plot points that need words. Pace Brisk, built from se…
- Guide · Social context…inequality, spoke to a worried public. Society and audience Chaplin was among the world's most famous people and financed his films through his own studio and United Arti…
- Guide · Watch with kids?…en dialogue, and short title cards carry the words. Charlie Chaplin plays 'the Tramp', a poor wanderer with good manners. Much of the comedy comes from his body language…
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Doctor Zhivago
1965 · David Lean
- CastOmar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay
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The General
1926 · Buster Keaton
- Guide · Why watch this?…Buster Keaton's best-known feature is often named alongside Chaplin's best work as the peak of silent comedy. It turns one train chase into a whole film, with gags and st…
- Guide · Cinema at the timeBy the mid-1920s, feature-length comedy led by Chaplin, Harold Lloyd and Keaton was big business. Shorts and slapstick were giving way to longer films that needed real st…
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