Charlie Chaplin's "The Tramp" (1915)

From archive.org: This is Charlie Chaplin's 41st film. It was released on April 11, 1915.

"The Tramp" was Charlie Chaplin's sixth film for Essanay Studios in 1915. Directed by Charlie Chaplin, it was the fifth and last film made at Essanay's Niles, California studio.

"The Tramp" marked the beginning of The Tramp character most known today, even though Chaplin played the character in earlier films.

This film was the first departure from his more slapstick character in the earlier films, with a sad ending and showing he cared for others, rather than just himself.

The film co-stars Edna Purviance as the farmer's daughter and Ernest Van Pelt as Edna's father. The outdoor scenes were filmed on location near Niles

From imdb: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0006177/

Audio/Visual: sound, B/W
Keywords: Charlie Chaplin; Silents

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

Runtime: 19:46

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The Chaplin Collection, Vol. 2

(City Lights / The Circus / The Kid / A King in New York / A Woman of Paris / Monsieur Verdoux / The Chaplin Revue / Charlie - The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin) (1931). 7 disks. Studio: Warner Home Video. DVD Release Date: March 9, 2004. Language: English, French. Region: Region 1 U.S. and Canada only.

DVD Product Description
The wonder. The magic. The genius. Now for an encore presentation with stunning new restorations, all-new special features and more. The Richard Schickel documentary, "Charlie" available exclusively in this Chaplin Giftset. THE CIRCUS The Little Tramp accidentally becomes a big-top star in the comedy that earned Chaplin a special Academy Award?

CITY LIGHTS A forever classic - and an American Film Institute Top-100 Movie. The Tramp becomes a working man, saving money for an operation that will restore a blind flower girl's sight. THE KID The Tramp and his ragamuffin sidekick (6-year-old Jackie Coogan) triumph over life's hard knocks in the landmark film that changed the notion of what a screen comedy could be. A KING IN NEW YORK/A WOMAN OF PARIS Chaplin jabs at social conventions! U.S. pop culture is the target of his satiric A King in New York. And the whirl of French high society frames director Chaplin's tragic love story A Woman of Paris.

MONSIEUR VERDOUX Killer comedy! Chaplin turns his sunny nature inside out to play a roving gent who wins the love and bank accounts of spinsters, then murders the hapless biddies.