Fifty famous films : 1915-1945 (1960)

Record Details:

Title:
Fifty famous films : 1915-1945
Date:
1960
Publisher:
London : Cox & Sharland, Ltd.
Volume:
Fifty famous films : 1915-1945
Leaf #:
000119
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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THE ADVENTURER U.S,A., 1917 2 reels production company: Mutual script and direction : Charles Chaplin photography : William C. Foster and Rollie Totheroh CAST Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin, Frank J. Coleman, Kono The most popular of the Mutuals, The Adventurer is old-time screen comedy at its best and most typical — with plenty of wild chases, slapstick and clever pantomime. Charlie, an escaped convict, eludes the guards by tripping them and slipping under their legs. In a stolen bathing suit, he rescues two wealthy women from drowning. Invited to their home, the gallant "sportsman" is feted at a house party until Edna's jealous suitor sees a picture in the paper of the escaped convict. The prison guards arrive and Charlie takes to flight again. *Outstanding scenes: Charlie's entrance — his head emerging from the sand into a guard's rifle ; throwing rocks, he feels the shoe of a guard back of him ; awakening in the big house, Charlie wonders at his striped pyjamas and feels the brass bars of the bed; a bottle pops — Charlie throws up his hands, then covers by smoothing his hair ; eating on a balcony with Edna, he drops ice cream down his pants and on the bare back of the mother below; in the final chase, Charlie puts a lampshade on his head and "freezes" as the guards run by. 103