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The Chaplin Revue

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".

Top Cast

  • Charlie Chaplin

    Charlie Chaplin

    Narrator / Various (archive footage)

  • Albert Austin

    Albert Austin

    Various (archive footage)

  • Henry Bergman

    Henry Bergman

    Various (archive footage)

  • Kitty Bradbury

    Kitty Bradbury

    Various (archive footage)

  • Syd Chaplin

    Syd Chaplin

    Various (archive footage)

  • Tom Murray

    Tom Murray

    Various (archive footage)

  • Edna Purviance

    Edna Purviance

    Various (archive footage)

  • Charles Reisner

    Charles Reisner

    Various (archive footage)

  • Dean Riesner

    Dean Riesner

    Various (archive footage)

Overview

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now described as taking place in a time before "the atom bomb".

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