Movies: Edna Purviance

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines the rampant sexuality of early Hollywood through movie clips and reminiscences by stars of the era. G...

A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character....

Four Chaplin shorts from 1916: One A.M., The Rink, The Pawnshop, and The Floorwalker, presented with music and sound effects....

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

Joan and Magdalen are the daughters of a fisherman. Magdalen leaves her fiancé, Peter, to run off to the big city. Joan and Peter marry. Magdalen's return years later causes trouble for the marriage, but Joan and Peter remain together in the end....

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

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory....

Chase Me Charlie was an anthology consisting of excerpts from several of Chaplin's short films made for the Essanay Company, including The Tramp, Shanghaied, In the Park and The Bank. The 1918 film-- fourteen years later-- was re released, this tim...

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

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

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Joel Grey dresses up as Charlie Chaplin to tell the story of his movie career, and show many of his clips....