Charlie Chaplin (1951)

cc 82 aggerated Alphonse and Gaston courtesy. The artist gives way too soon and Charlie is stuck with the bill. He gets out of this dilemma by putting his check over the tip left by the artist. Outside the restaurant Charlie asks for and receives an advance of a couple of dollars from the artist. He promptly puts the money to use at a "marriage license" bureau, across whose threshold he carries the coyly protesting girl. "The Adventurer," the last and perhaps the most popular of the famous Mutuals, was photographed at and near Santa Monica in July 1917. It is old-time screen comedy at its best and most typical — all wild chases, slapstick, and clever pantomime. Charlie, an escaped convict, emerges from the sand into a guard's rifle. He does a "double take" and buries his head again. As the guard dozes, he scales a cliff with lightning rapidity (fast-motion photography), only to bump into other guards, whom he eludes with miraculous agility, sliding eel-like under their legs. In a borrowed bathing suit he rescues two women from drowning along with the hulking but cowardly suitor of the younger woman. The two women invite Charlie, "the gallant sportsman," to stay over at their house. Waking next morning in striped pajamas that flash a frightening reminder of his prison garb, he receives another chilling reminder as he touches the brass bars of the bed. Downstairs a ritzy party is in progress. Charlie, thirsty for more refreshment, bumps his empty glass into another guest's full one, thus refilling his own, and apologizes grandly for the apparent collision. There is another reminder of his past when the butler uncorks a bottle. Charlie puts up his hands — then nonchalantly covers the gesture by smoothing his hair. Joining dancers upstairs, Charlie takes Edna to a balcony where they eat icecream. Charlie has a mishap with his portion, drop