The Chaplin Collection, Volume One includes the following films:
Modern Times / The Great Dictator / The Gold Rush / Limelight
You can order each title individually or buy the collection at a substantial discount.
The Chaplin Collection, Volume Two includes the following films:
City Lights / The Circus / The Kid / A King in New York and A Woman In Paris / Monsieur Verdoux / The Chaplin Revue
Once again, you can order each title individually or buy the collection and save.
The Chaplin Collection, Volume 2
The Kid, The Circus, City Lights, A King in New York and A Woman In Paris, Monsieur Verdoux and The Chaplin Revue will all be released on DVD on March 2, 2004 . These timeless masterpieces from one of the most influential artists in motion picture history round out the catalog offerings first released last July (The Gold Rush, TThe Great Dictator, Limelight and Modern Times.)
All films have again been digitally re-mastered from restored vault elements by the Parisian company, MK 2 under the supervision of the Chaplin family estate. The six titles will also be offered as a Chaplin Collection 12-Disc Gift Set. Included is Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin, the feature-length documentary which was a highlight of 2003’s Cannes Film Festival and is currently a finalist for an Academy Award nomination as Best Documentary. Created by veteran Time Magazine movie critic and filmmaker Richard Schickel, Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin is an extraordinary tribute which includes classic Chaplin comedy routines plus insightful interviews with Woody Allen, Martin Scorsese, Johnny Depp and Robert Downey. The documentary tribute will only be available as part of the gift set.
More About The Chaplin Collection, Volume 2
The Kid – As the opening title reads, this is "a comedy with a smile – and perhaps a tear." When a desperate mother abandons her baby, Chaplin’s the Little Tramp discovers the child (wonderfully played by Jackie Coogan) and raises him as his own. But, five years later, the mother, who is now a famous opera singer, begins to search for the baby she left behind. Unwilling to give the little boy up, the Little Tramp attempts to evade all efforts to retrieve the kid.
The Circus – Chaplin’s Little Tramp finds himself an accidental sensation when he is chased around the circus by police who mistake him for a pickpocket. In an effort to elude the police, the Tramp runs underneath the big top and thrills the audience with his efforts to escape his pursuers. Impressed by the audience’s response, the circus ringmaster hires the Tramp on the spot, but later discovers that the Tramp cannot be funny on the spot. Desperate to keep the Tramp around, the ringmaster hires him as a janitor and places him onstage during showtime.
City Lights – Released in 1931, this is widely considered to be Chaplin’s best feature-length film. City Lights is both a wonderful comedy and a poignant love story in which Chaplin’s Little Tramp falls in love with a blind flower girl, played by Virginia Cherrill. Chaplin produced, directed, edited, scored and starred in this timeless masterpiece.
A King in New York and A Woman In Paris – These two classic Chaplin titles are combined on one double-disc. A King in New York (1957) tells the story of King Shandov, a man who leaves his country during a revolution and travels to New York in search of a new life. With little money, the king begins making television commercials and later befriends a child with communist parents. In the silent-era classic A Woman of Paris, Chaplin’s frequent leading lady Edna Purviance stars as a young French woman believes she has been jilted by her fiancé and decides to travel to Paris alone. A year later, she is married to another man but is still in love with her old fiancé, who she meets again unexpectedly with disastrous results.
The Chaplin Revue – Seven funny and touching classics made for First National Studios between 1918 and 1923 are presented on this double disc. A Day’s Pleasure, Sunnyside, The Idle Class and Pay Day are presented on disc one, while three Chaplin silent comedies, A Dog’s Life, Shoulder Arms and The Pilgrim, are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin also provides new music, narration and a small amount of connecting material to the film.
Monsieur Verdoux – As a bluebeard, Monsieur Verdoux marries wealthy women and then kills them in an effort to get the money he needs for his family. His scheme works out until he meets two women with whom he has bad luck. Chaplin co-stars with famed comedienne Martha Raye.
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