Edna Purviance Movies

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

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio....

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.

This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in...

A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.

Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter,...

An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his...

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the...

A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.

An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's...

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the...

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

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

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast...

Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can...