A Quartet of Charles Chaplin Films

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Chicago’s Essanay Company signed Charles Chaplin away from Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios in 1914 by dangling a salary increase and his own production unit. Chaplin lasted for one year, primarily due to his distaste for Chicago winters. His next stop was the Mutual Film Corp., where he was paid $10,000 per week. These four films track Chaplin’s rapid three-studio journey. Preserved from nitrate materials on loan from the Archive Film Agency with support from the Celeste Bartos Fund for Film Preservation.

Getting Acquainted. 1914. USA. Written and directed by Charles Chaplin

Produced by Mack Sennett. With Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mabel Normand

In the Park. 1915. USA. Written and directed by Charles Chaplin

With Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon

By the Sea. 1915. USA. Written and directed by Charles Chaplin

With Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Bud Jamison

The Pawnshop. 1916. USA. Written and directed by Charles Chaplin

With Chaplin, Edna Purviance

This film accompanies Modern Matinees: In the Beginning.

Past events

Thu, Oct 29, 2015, 1:30 p.m.

Piano accompaniment by Ben Model

Education Center, Mezzanine, Theater 3

The Celeste Bartos Theater
Wed, Oct 14, 2015, 1:30 p.m.

Piano accompaniment by Donald Sosin

Education Center, Mezzanine, Theater 3

The Celeste Bartos Theater

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