Edna Purviance Movies

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

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio....

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:...

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...

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

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 janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.

Two disruptive theater patrons, the wealthy drunk Mr. Pest (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the rowdy working-class Mr. Rowdy (also played by...

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

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

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

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

It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over...

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

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

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,...

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast...

A tramp steals a girl's handbag, but when he tries to pick Charlie's pocket loses his cigarettes and matches. He rescues a hot dog man from a thug,...

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

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