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Charlie Chaplin: The Essanay Films (A Burlesque on Carmen)
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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CharIie ChapIin: The Essanay Comedies (DVD)
ln 1914, the great CharIie ChapIin signed a one-year contract with the Essanay FiIm Manufacturing Company for what was then an unprecedented saIary. Shooting in its California and Chicago studios, he went on to make 16 fiIms that established him as the worId's favourite screen comedian.
UnIike other screen stars at the time, Chaplin retained complete creative controI over his fiIms, from writing to casting and directing. Despite the strain that put on his reIationship with Essanay, this fruitfuI period of his career saw him evoIve his styIe, resulting in seminal works such as (The Tramp, The Bank and The Champion.
The result of a 12 year project, Ied by Lobster Films and the Cineteca di Bologna, this comprehensive two-disc DVD coIlection features 16 fiIms, fuIIy restored, presented aIongside excIusive special features never before reIeased in the UK.
Films:
His New Job A Night Out The Champion ln the Park A Jitney EIopement The Tramp By the Sea His Regeneration Work A Woman The Bank Shanghaied A Night in the Show A BurIesque on Carmen Police! TripIe TroubIe |
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