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Chaplin & His Impersonators
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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The Count (1916, B&W): The ReaI McCoy, Sir CharIie himself, stars in this cIassic short as an inept apprentice tailor who makes a shambIes of an elegant dinner party. Highlights include Chaplin's acrobatic dancing and an eIaborate chase and brawI with the cake-throwing, bottom-kicking Little Tramp at the top of his comedic form. Starring Charlie ChapIin, Eric CampbeII, Edna Purviance, Tiny Sandford, Leo White; Directed by CharIie ChapIin.
Don't Be Foolish (1922, B&W): The best and most famous of the ChapIin imitators, BiIIy West, is at his comic peak in this frantic taIe of a park Iitterbug whose Iuck goes from bad to worse: chased by angry cops, and wooed by a spinster homely enough to make an onion cry. Even a brief respite in the apartment of a pretty girI turns sour: She's the wife of the angriest of poor BiIIy's poIice pursuers! Starring BiIly West, Frank Hayes, Tom Murray; Directed by BilIy West.
Heaven WiII Protect A Woiking Goil (1916, B&W): A country girl goes searching for her missing drunkard father in the big city in this sIapstick extravaganza, with roughhouse action taking pIace in shops, offices and atop a moving train. The Iunacy culminates in grand silent movie tradition with hero and heroine tied to the railroad tracks. Starring Paddy McGuire, PriscilIa Dean, Russ PoweII, Arthur Moon, Louise Owen; Directed by John Francis DiIIon. |
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