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The Champion
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With Charles Chaplin, Bud Jamison, Edna Purviance,
Leo White, Ben Turpin
1915 | 30 mins
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Down to his last frankfurter, Charlie seeks
employment and, through a trick, manages to get
taken on as a sparring partner. Although matched
with a giant in the prize-ring, he emerges triumphant
thanks to his faithful dog. A famous and classic
comedy.
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His New Job
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With Charles Chaplin, Ben Turpin, Charlotte Mineau,
Leo White
1915 | 28 mins
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Chaplin's first
film for Essanay. Charlie gets a job as a carpenter's
assistant at a film studio and causes havoc as he
knocks people over with planks, steps on the leading
lady's train and ruins scenes. Eventually he rises
to stardom; dressed in a comic opera uniform, his
attempts at acting are rich burlesque. The film
is in the Keystone tradition, but with added subtlety
as the making of a movie star is heavily satirised. |
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Easy Street
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With Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Cambell,
Albert Austin
1917 | 26 mins
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Charlie, down and
out, wanders into a Mission. Reformed by the Minister
and the angelic Edna, his first big act is to return
the collection box he has stolen. There is a terrific
street brawl going on in Easy Street, the toughest
section of the city and Charlie gets a job on the
force. A classic Chaplin comedy. |
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The Immigrant
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With Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Cambell,
Albert Austin
1917 | 30 mins
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On a violently rocking ocean liner, filled with
immigrants, a gambler robs a widow and her daughter
but Charlie wins a card game and puts the money
in the girl's pocket. Later, hungry and broke,
Charlie finds a coin which falls through a hole
in his pocket, causing embarrassment in a restaurant.
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Our thanks to Andrew Youdell of the British Film Institute
for his advice and support on the Chaplin programme.
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| Chaplin at the Grand Café |
| Prompted by Richard Schickel's wonderful
documentary Charlie:
The Life And Art of Charles Chaplin (Sunday
12th, 11.30am, Kino) we are delighted to return
to the Farmgate Café in the English Market
for another of the festival's 'Grand Café'
screenings with five silent films written and directed
by and starring Charles Chaplin. Bernard Geary,
the eminent pianist, will provide piano accompaniment. |
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Born in Cork and living in Dublin since 1970,
Bernard Geary has worked as a teacher, composer
and pianist. His compositions, which include orchestral,
choral chamber and instrumental works, have been
performed and broadcast throughout Ireland as
well as in Sweden, the Netherlands and Germany.
He has provided piano accompaniment to silent
films in Cork Opera House (for Cork Film Festival)
and the National Concert Hall (for The Film Institute
of Ireland).
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