Behind the Screen

Behind the Screen 1916

6.42

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. Things get messy when the stagehands decide to go on strike.

1916

The Immigrant

The Immigrant 1917

7.26

An European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.

1917

The Fireman

The Fireman 1916

6.22

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

1916

The Rink

The Rink 1916

6.64

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

1916

The Floorwalker

The Floorwalker 1916

6.36

An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.

1916

Easy Street

Easy Street 1917

7.06

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 the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.

1917

The Adventurer

The Adventurer 1917

6.88

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 beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…

1917

The Vagabond

The Vagabond 1916

6.67

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

1916

The Cure

The Cure 1917

6.81

An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.

1917

One A.M.

One A.M. 1916

6.69

A drunken homeowner has a difficult time getting about in his home after arriving home late at night.

1916

The Pawnshop

The Pawnshop 1916

6.56

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.

1916

The Count

The Count 1916

6.20

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the count cannot attend a dance party, so he dresses as such to take his place; but the apprentice has also gone to the mansion where the party is celebrated and bumps into the tailor in disguise…

1916

Laughing Gas

Laughing Gas 1914

5.56

Although only a dental assistant, Charlie pretends to be the dentist. After receiving too much anesthesia, a patient can't stop laughing, so Charlie knocks him out with a club.

1914

Cruel, Cruel Love

Cruel, Cruel Love 1914

5.09

This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

1914

The Immigrant

The Immigrant 1915

1

Masha, a young Russian emigrant traveling to the U.S., is saved from an officer's advances by civil engineer David Harding. Upon landing in America, J. J. Walton, a self-made political boss and contractor, pursues Masha and hires her as his maid. She leaves after the first night, but becomes his mistress after Walton promises her an education and marriage.

1915