The Tramp at War

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The Great Dictator. 1940. USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin

The Great War. 1956. USA. Produced and written by Henry Salomon. 52 min.

Documentary made for NBC’s Project 20 series.

The Great Dictator (opening reels only). 1940. USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin. 16 min.

With Chaplin. Before his classic parody of Hitler, Chaplin created a similar protagonist in the German Army in the Great War.

Shoulder Arms. 1918. USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin. Silent, with musical track. 35 min.

With Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin. Charlie Chaplin’s classic rendition of life in the trenches was released just weeks before the armistice.

The Bond. 1918. USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin. 10 min.

With Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Sydney Chaplin, Henry Bergman. In this silent appeal to buy Liberty Bonds, Charlie Chaplin’s brother Syd is cast as the Kaiser, who he played again in Shoulder Arms.

This film accompanies The Great War: A Cinematic Legacy.

Past events

Mon, Aug 25, 2014, 8:00 p.m.

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1
Sun, Aug 24, 2014, 2:30 p.m.

Introduced by Wes Gehring, author of Chaplin's War Trilogy

MoMA, Floor T1, Theater 1

The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 1

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