The Chaplin Revue

1959
G
1h 59m

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Charles Chaplin in The Chaplin Revue (1959)

Three Charlie Chaplin short films edited together with new connective tissue.Three Charlie Chaplin short films edited together with new connective tissue.Three Charlie Chaplin short films edited together with new connective tissue.

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Charles Chaplin

Narrator
(voice)

Edna Purviance

The Girl
(archive footage)

Albert Austin

Crook (segment "A Dog's Life")
(archive footage)
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Henry Bergman

Dance-hall Lady (segment "A Dog's Life")
(archive footage)
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Kitty Bradbury

Girl's Mother (segment "The Pilgrim")
(archive footage)

Syd Chaplin

Lunchwagon Owner (segment "A Dog's Life")
(archive footage)
(as Sydney Chaplin)
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Tom Murray

Sheriff (segment "The Pilgrim")
(archive footage)

Charles Reisner

Employment Agency Clerk
(archive footage)
(as Chuck Reisner)
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Dean Riesner

Little Boy (segment "The Pilgrim")
(archive footage)
(as Dinky Reisner)

Mack Swain

Large Deacon (segment "The Pilgrim")
(archive footage)

Loyal Underwood

Small German Officer (segment "Shoulder Arms")
(archive footage)
…

Mai Wells

Little Boy's Mother (segment "The Pilgrim")
(archive footage)
(as ?)

Jack Wilson

CrownMan at the Bar (segment "A Dog's Life")
(archive footage)
…

Tom Wilson

Phyllis Allen

Congregation Member (segment "The Pilgrim")
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Dave Anderson

The Bartender (segment "A Dog's Life")
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Bert Appling

Unemployed Man (segment "A Dog's Life")
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Monta Bell

Policeman (segment "The Pilgrim")
(archive footage)
(uncredited)

Director
- Charles Chaplin
Writer
- Charles Chaplin
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Trivia
To achieve the feel of a modern print, Charles Chaplin stretch-printed the footage, which slowed it down to sound speed so music could be added properly.

Quotes
Narrator: There were no atomic bombs or guided missiles. Then it was only cannon, bayonets and poisoned gas. Ha ha. Those were the good old days.

Alternate versions
Reissued in a version minus A DOG'S LIFE. Also, the A DOG'S LIFE segment was later reissued by itself. The DVD version includes extra scenes that Chaplin decided to cut on the films' re-release. It also contains the original scores as composed by Chaplin for the film. The scores were recorded in mono on the origianal soundtracks by the Westrex Recording System, but the original stereo tapes were used in the mastering of the soundtrack, recorded on Dolby Digital.

Connections
Edited from A Dog's Life (1918)

Soundtracks
I'm Bound for Texas
Words by Charles Chaplin
Music by Charles Chaplin
Sung by Matt Monro

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Chaplin re-cuts and re-issues three gems from the past!

THE CHAPLIN REVUE is one of those films that seems like a curse to some and a blessing to others. For people just looking for some classic Chaplin, circa 1918-1923, this is the place. But for hardcore Chaplin fans this film seems somewhat of a let-down. Chaplin took three comedy classics of his-A DOG'S LIFE, SHOULDER ARMS, and THE PILGRIM-and tampered with them to create a new revue film. He stretch-printed them, which was supposed to slow them down to sound speed, but only succeeded in marring the pace, which is the thing that made these slapstick shorts so magical in the first place. Then again, this film offers these three masterpieces to a whole new generation of viewers, who, if they haven't seen the originals, will be just as pleased by this sampling of Chaplin at his comic best.