Edna Purviance Movies

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

After a visit to a pub, Charlie and Ben cause a ruckus at a posh restaurant. Charlie later finds himself in a compromising position at a hotel with...

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and...

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.

A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I....

A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug,...

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril:...

A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.

A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to...

Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.

At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of...

This documentary is featured on the two-disc Chaplin Collection DVD for "The Kid" (1921), released in 2004.

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio....

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.