Edna Purviance Movies

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.

An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.

The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)...

The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril:...

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.

A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.

Before the G, PG and R ratings system there was the Production Code, and before that there was, well, nothing. This eye-opening documentary examines...

Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.

A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of...

As Colonel Nutt is experimenting with explosives, a new janitor is joining his household. The inept janitor proceeds to make life difficult for the...

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and...

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the...

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character.

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter,...

At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.

An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's...

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to...