Shoulder Arms

1918
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36m

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Ajouter une intrigue dans votre langueCharlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines.

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Rôles principaux54

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Charles Chaplin

Doughboy
(as Charlie Chaplin)

Edna Purviance

The Girl

Syd Chaplin

Charlie's Comrade
(as Sydney Chaplin)
…

Loyal Underwood

Short German Officer

Henry Bergman

Fat Whiskered German Soldier…

Tom Wilson

Dumb German Wood-Cutter

Albert Austin

American Officer…

Jack Wilson

Crown Prince

W.J. Allen

Motorcyclist
(uncredited)

L.A. Blaisdell

Motorcyclist
(uncredited)

Alva D. Blake

U.S. Soldier
(uncredited)
…

Cliff Brouwer

Soldier
(uncredited)

E. Brucker

Bit Part in Street Scene
(uncredited)

F.S. Colby

Soldier
(uncredited)

Slim Cole

Soldier
(uncredited)

Wellington Cross

Motorcyclist
(uncredited)

E.H. Devere

Bit Part in Street Scene
(uncredited)

C.L. Dice

Motorcyclist
(uncredited)

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Anecdotes
Many in Hollywood were nervous that one of their most famous peers was going to tackle the subject of WWI. It was released shortly before the Armistice, so it did not help boost national morale, but it did end up as one of Charles Chaplin's most popular films and it was particularly popular with returning doughboys.

Gaffes
Charlie, disguised as a tree, enters a pipe to escape a German. When the German tries to pull Charlie out, he separates the lower part of the tree costume along with Charlie's shoes. When Charlie emerges from the other end of the pipe, he is still wearing shoes.

Citations
Officer: How did you capture thirteen?
Recruit: I surrounded them.

Générique farfelu
The short opens with a title card showing a caricature of Chaplin dressed as a World War I soldier, and text reading "Shoulder Arms Written and Produced by" followed by a blank space. A live action hand appears and points to the title, then the drawing, then uses a piece of white chalk to sign "Charles Chaplin" in the blank space, then points to the caricature one more time.

Connexions
Edited into The Chaplin Revue (1959)

Commentaires des utilisateurs51

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6/10

Love The Tree

It's a comedy about the trench warfare just as WWI is about to come to an end. Charlie Chaplin is a doughboy in boot camp. In a series of scenes, he defeats many Germans. Then he wakes up.

It's a pretty long film at 45 minutes. There are some pretty funny scenes. The limburger cheese gag is somewhat weak. Capturing the 13 Germans could have used more slapstick. I do love the part where he's in enemy territories disguised as a tree. The Germans try to chop him down for firewood. That is by far my favorite part. The movie's success probably had a lot to do with the timing and the subject. However I can see the immense risk Chaplin was taking by making a comedy about trench warfare.