Month: February 2023

A Burlesque on Carmen - Charlie Chaplin spoofs the opera Carmen with Edna Purviance. As the "incorruptible" soldier!

A Burlesque on Carmen

February 24, 2023 tom.raymond 0

A Burlesque on Carmen – Charlie Chaplin spoofs the opera Carmen with Edna Purviance. As the “incorruptible” soldier!

The Count (2 reels) (1916) starring Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance

The Count

February 17, 2023 tom.raymond 0

Charlie Chaplin’s Tramp is working as a tailor. He burns the pants of the rich Count whom he works for – Charlie is summarily fired. […]

The pie fight ramps up …

The Battle of the Century

February 10, 2023 tom.raymond 0

The Battle of the Century (1927) starring Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Charlie Hall, Eugene Pallette The Battle of the Century is an early Laurel & […]

The Blacksmith (1922) starring Buster Keaton

The Blacksmith

February 3, 2023 tom.raymond 0

The Blacksmith (1922) starring Buster Keaton In The Blacksmith, Buster Keaton plays an inept blacksmith’s assistant. He’s as bumbling in his work as the blacksmith […]