The Chaplin Revue  (DVD English)

Seven funny and touching classics from cinema?s comedy master.

That Charles Chaplin?s little fellow (his own name for little Tramp) is such a comic everyman enabled the master moviemaker to place the character in all manner of situation. That versatility abounds in the treasure chest of seven marvelous movies made for first National between 1918 and 1923. Included are such touchstone asShoulder Arms (his popular portrayal of World War-I trench life), The Idle Class(skewering the rich) and The pilgrim (lampooning small town hypocrisy), along with the charming and hilarious views of family life and romance in A Dog?s Life, A Day?s Pleasure Sunnyside and Play Day.