Charles Chaplin On-line I: 1914
Posted by Bibi | Posted in cinema, video | Posted on 20-01-2007
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After Bela Lugosi, Buster Keaton, Dziga Vertov, now is the time of Charlie Chaplin. Sooner or later I would end up making a post about him. I’m doing it now because circumstances helped, and in this case they mean Internet Archive. There are many users there who from time to time add his films there, but a few weeks ago I noticed that a user uploaded tons of his films, and that looked very inspiring.
My first contact with Chaplin’s works was Modern Times. My father took all the family to watch it and I kept the image of the final scene on my mind for years, until I could watch it again. Even after I discovered his other films, Modern Times is still my favourite Chaplin film.
Chaplin was brilliant, sensible, and hilarious in his films, specially his later films that mixed poetry, comedy and drama to construct masterpieces. It wasn’t only his expressions and gags that immortalized him as the remarkable tramp. It was something else, more profound.
I wanted to make a homage to his works. The first idea was to write something about it, posting links like Charlie Chaplin Archive, Charlie Chaplin site or Charlie Chaplin Museum, but anyone could’ve found after a simple search. My second idea was to blog about his films on-line. Well, that’s more or less what I’m going to do, with the addition of a few other things.
The number of films was so big that I opted to make three posts, presenting his films by year, in release order, to give you a more visual idea of his cinematographic “evolution”. That’s the first post with his works to Keystone Studios, all from 1914. I selected links to places where you can download them, and watch, and read articles about them. According to the Archive they are all in public domain and that’s why I uploaded them. I hope you enjoy.
- Making a Living directed by Henry Lehrman (1914): article – download here or here – video
- Kid Auto Races at Venice directed by Henry Lehrman (1914): article – download here or here – video
- Mabel’s Strange Predicament directed by Henry Lehrman and Mack Sennett (1914): download – video
- Between Showers directed by Henry Lehrman (1914): article – download here, here or here – video
- A Film Johnnie directed by George Nichols (1914): download here or here – video
- His Favorite Pastime directed by George Nichols (1914): download here or here – video
- Cruel, Cruel Love directed by George Nichols and Mack Sennett (1914): article – download – video
- The Star Boarder directed by George Nichols (1914): download here or here – video
- Twenty Minutes of Love directed by Charles Chaplin and Joseph Maddern (1914): download here or here – video
- Caught in a Cabaret directed by Mabel Normand (1914): download here or here – video
- A Busy Day directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): article – download – video
- The Fatal Mallet directed by Mack Sennett (1914): download here or here- video
- The Knockout directed by Charles Avery (1914): article – download here or here – video
- Mabel’s Busy Day directed by Mabel Normand (1914): download here or here – video
- Mabel’s Married Life directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download here or here – video
- Laughing Gas directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): article – download here or here – video
- The Property Man directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download – video
- The Face on the Bar Room Floor directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download – video
- Recreation directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): article – download here or here – video
- The Masquerader directed by Charlie Chaplin (1914): article – download here or here – video
- His New Profession directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): article – download here, here or here – video
- The Rounders directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download here or here – video
- The New Janitor directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): article – download here or here – video
- Those Love Pangs directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download here or here- video
- Dough and Dynamite directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): article – download here, here or here – video
- Gentlemen of Nerve directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download here or here – video
- His Musical Career directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download here here – video
- His Trysting Place directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download here or here- video
- Tillie’s Punctured Romance directed by Mack Sennett (1914): article – download here or here – video
- Getting Acquainted directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download – video
- His Prehistoric Past directed by Charles Chaplin (1914): download – video
More Chaplin: Charles Chaplin On-line II: 1915-1916 and Charles Chaplin On-line III: 1917-1921.
Hi! I always read your blog but this is the first time I comment. I love C.Chaplin and will download some of them I haven’t seen yet. Thanks a lot!
Melhor que Chaplin e Keaton só os 2 juntos, como naquela cena inesquecível do filme Limelight, de 1957; não é um grande filme, mas a cena é linda. Já estou a sacar filmes. Obrigado Bibi!
de 1952 digo!
it’s so kind of you to do this! thanks.
and thanks too for turning on your feed photos!
Hi Myla, thanks for the comment, and it was my pleasure.
Oi Manuel,eu imaginei que fosse esse filme mesmo. A propósito, vc postou mais dois filmes que eu fiz upload lá! Eh… visitas! Se quiser te mando a lista do que coloquei on-line.
Hi lotusgreen, I asked to my boyfriend admin stop blocking google reader. The hotlinking was getting me crazy, so I had ask him to block everything.
Salut Bibi ,
Après ta longue interruption , je suis ravie de constater – après être rentrée de mes vacances en France,which meant NO computer,hé hé – que tu postes à nouveau , ton blog est tellement vivant !Merci , merci !!!
I love Chaplin movies too and my favs are The Kid and The Great Dictator .Agora , um bom final de semana e até !!
PS : i have to practice all the languages I know ,since after your post about bilinguism I know it will help me be less err…whatever !How were your French tests by the way ? Will you take more classes this year ?
ahahaha bibi, li agora o teu comentário sobre os teus uploads! não sabia, mas eu já te adorava antes de saber isso
ah! quero a lista sim. obrigado! gosto de ver as tuas listas, uma vez vi a tua biblioteca inteira