The Chaplin Revue (2 Disc Special Edition)

The Chaplin Revue (2 Disc Special Edition)
by Charles Chaplin

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• That Charles Chaplin's Little Fellow (his own name for the Little Tramp) is such a Comic Everyman enabled the master moviemaker to place the character in all manner of situations. That versatility abounds in this treasure chest of seven marvelous movies made for First National between 1918 and 1923. Included are such touchstones as Shoulder Arms (his popular portrayal of World War I trench life),

Movie Reviews of The Chaplin Revue (2 Disc Special Edition)

Movie Review: Wow! Charles Chaplin was an amazing filmmaker....
Summary: 5 Stars

The first film in this extraordinary collection is:
A DOG'S LIFE (1918). This is a beautiful film made in the same style as Chaplin's earlier masterpiece EASY STREET (1917). Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Syd Chaplin are just marvelous in this wonderful yet very emotional comedy.

SHOULDER ARMS (1918) is definitely one of my favourite movies of all time. It's funny and witty and just plain out superb and it has all my favourite Chaplin stock company players-Syd Chaplin, Edna Purviance, ALbert Austin, Henry Bergman, Loyal Underwood, Park Jones, interestingly Chaplin's cameraman Jack Wilson playing the German Crown Prince and Tom Wilson. A Marvelous film though I loved the original version better with all the emotional scenes with the 'Poor France' segment and other wonderful scenes of sentiment, however, for the 1959 reissue, Chaplin discarded it all so I reccomend the uncut version but this version is still very good.

Next we have:

SUNNYSIDE (1919)
A very funny comedy with a lot of nice Chaplinesque sequences but as a whole the film is not at all one of Chaplin's best.

A DAY'S PLEASURE (1919)
Can be funny at times but this movie is pretty crappy because it was just an excuse for Chaplin to give his distributor a new product whilst planning his masterpiece THE KID (1921).

THE IDLE CLASS (1921)
A brilliant and terrific short comedy and definitely one of CHaplin's finest shorts.

PAY DAY (1922)
This was one of Chaplin's favourites of his shorts and it's very clear why. This is an excellent short film and features better lighting and direction than in any other Chaplin shot, perhaps because it was his last of this sort. ALso features a wonderful score by Chaplin composed in 1972!

And last but not least we have THE PILGRIM from 1922 and released in 1923. This is one of Chaplin's forgotten masterworks but it is one of his finest comedies. The ending in particular is beautiful for its construction of camera shot and jokes.

Plus there are two bonus films on the DVD: THE BOND a WW1 Propaganda film Chaplin made to help the war effort by selling bonds and his unreleased project HOW MOVING PICTURES ARE MADE which he planned to release but his distributor did not allow plus other reasons. However it was reedited and retitled in the 1980s and restored by David Gill and KEvin Brownlow and it's a insightful look at the Chaplin Studios and some of the footage is shown in THe Chaplin Revue feature.

All in all, an excellent DVD and all films have been digitally remastered and they look like they were filmed today!
You'll love it all!

Summary of The Chaplin Revue (2 Disc Special Edition)