The essential Charlie Chaplin collection
(Video)

Originally released as short motion pictures in 1916.

Director, Charles Chaplin ; screenwriters, Charles Chaplin, Vincent Bryan, Maverick Terrell ; producers, Henry P. Caulfield, Charles Chaplin ; editor, Charles Chaplin ; music by Deep East Music, Michael D. Mortilla, West One Music ; directors of photography, William C. Foster, Roland Totheroh, Frank D. Williams, George C. Zalibra.

Casts: The Fireman: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon, Eric Campbell, Leo White, Albert Austin; The Vagabond: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White, Lloyd Bacon, Charlotte Mineau, Albert Austin; One A.M.: Charles Chaplin, Albert Austin; The Count: Charles Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance; The Pawnshop: Charles Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance, John Rand, Albert Austin, Eric Campbell, James T. Kelley, Frank J. Coleman.

In THE FIREMAN, Charlie's blunders give the captain of the firehouse a lot of cause for doubt. A fire breaks out while the captain is away and Charlie answers the call and forces the distraught owner to come to the firehouse to rouse the other firemen. Finally they arrive at the site of the fire. Meanwhile, the captain's girlfriend's father has set his own house on fire to collect the insurance money...but his daughter is caught inside. In THE VAGABOND, Charlie plays a poor violinist. He is forced to leave his job and ends up near a gypsy camp where he plays his violin for a girl who is washing clothes. When the girl spills the wash and is berated by the gypsy chief, Charlie and the girl escape. On their way they meet an artist who paints the girl's portrait, who later exhibits the portrait and it becomes famous. A rich woman recognizes the girl as her long lost daughter who was kidnapped. In ONE A.M., Charlie plays a dandy who returns home early in the morning after a night on the town. Unfortunately, he has misplaced his key and is forced to climb through a window, getting his foot caught in a goldfish bowl in the process. He then finds his key and enters through the door, but winds up falling on the slippery floor. Charlie eventually ends up sleeping in a bathtub. In THE COUNT, Charlie works for a tailor. The tailor, upon finding a regret note for a party in a customer's coat pocket, decides to impersonate his customer, and attend the party in his place. Unbeknownst to the tailor, Charlie visits the same house to see a friend who happens to be the cook. When guards approach the kitchen, the cook tells Charlie to leave. Charlie ends up at the party upstairs, exposes his boss, and is the life of the party. And in THE PAWNSHOP, Charlie works at a pawnshop. He gets in a fight with a co-worker and is fired, but appeals for a second chance on behalf of his 11 children... which do not exist. The pawnbroker relents. A crook enters the shop and tries to rob the shop. Meanwhile, Charlie is hiding in a trunk after another fight with his co-worker, and spies the crook trying to open the vault. Charlie knocks out the crook, and wins the pawnbroker's daughter in the process.

[Not rated.]

DVD-R, NTSC, all regions, full screen (1.33:1) presentation.

Silent dialogue with musical soundtrack.