The Chaplin Mutuals Volume 1

Comedy

Charlie Chaplin
Charles Chaplin
Edna Purviance
Albert Austin
Henry Bergman
Kitty Bradbury
Eric Campbell
Frank J. Coleman

Director	Charlie Chaplin; Charles Chaplin
Writer	Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was the biggest star in film when he signed with the Mutual Company in 1916 for the then-unheard-of sum of $670,000. The twelve films he made for Mutual reflect Chaplin's attempt to use comedy not just as a series of gags, but as a search for genuine, universal truths. Digitally mastered from early generation 35mm negatives, these works provide considerable testimony to Chaplin's skills as both a comedian and a filmmaker. This volume includes the shorts "The Immigrant," "The Adventurer," "The Cure" and "Easy Street" (all 1917).