The Vagabond (1916 film)
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.jpg) Theatrical poster to The Vagabond | |
| Directed by | Charles Chaplin Edward Brewer (technical director) |
| Written by | Charles Chaplin (scenario) Vincent Bryan (scenario) Maverick Terrell (scenario) |
| Produced by | Henry P. Caulfield |
| Starring | Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Eric Campbell |
| Cinematography | William C. Foster Roland Totheroh |
| Edited by | Charles Chaplin |
| Distributed by | Mutual Film Corporation |
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Running time | 24 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | Silent film English intertitles |
The Vagabond is a silent film by Charlie Chaplin and his third film with Mutual Films. Released to theaters on July 10, 1916, it co-starred Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Leo White and Lloyd Bacon. This film echoed Chaplin's work on The Tramp, with more drama and pathos mixed in with the comedy.
Synopsis
The story begins with Charlie, the Tramp, arriving at a bar, playing on a violin to raise money and exciting rivalry with competing musicians - which results in a bar room brawl and comic mayhem.
Wandering off into the vicinity of a gypsy caravan, in the country, he encounters the beautiful, though bedraggled, Edna and entertains her with his violin. She has been abducted and abused by the gypsies, chief among them Eric Campbell, who whips her mercilessly. Charlie comes to her rescue and knocks her tormentors on the head with a stick, before riding off with her in a commandeered cart. The intimacy which develops between them, as Charlie washes her face in a bowl and combs her hair, is complicated by the arrival of an artist love rival and her parents. Driving off with the latter, Edna suddenly realises that her heart belongs to Charlie and orders the car to reverse and take him along with her.[1]
Cast
- Charles Chaplin - Saloon Violinist
- Edna Purviance - Gypsy Drudge
- Eric Campbell - Gypsy Chieftain
- Leo White - Old Jew/Gypsy Woman
- Lloyd Bacon - Artist
- Charlotte Mineau - Girl's Mother
- Albert Austin - Trombonist
- John Rand - Trumpeter, Band Leader
- James T. Kelley - Gypsy and Musician
- Frank J. Coleman - Gypsy and Musician
Sound version
In 1932, Amedee Van Beuren of Van Beuren Studios, purchased Chaplin's Mutual comedies for $10,000 each, added music by Gene Rodemich and Winston Sharples and sound effects, and re-released them through RKO Radio Pictures. Chaplin had no legal recourse to stop the RKO release.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Simon Louvish (2009) Chaplin: The Tramp's Odyssey. London, Faber and Faber: 105-8
- ^ SilentComedians entry
External links
- The short film The Vagabond is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. (incomplete!)
- The Vagabond on YouTube
- The Vagabond at IMDb
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