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1918·16 min·Dir. Charlie Chaplin·★ 6.2
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This film was never released for the general public. It was hidden in Chaplin's private vaults for forty years until he included some parts of it in his compilation 'The Chaplin Revue' in 1959.
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4 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin
The Pawnshop
1916·26m·★ 7.0·Charlie Chaplin
3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin
The Fireman
1916·26m·★ 6.5·Charlie Chaplin
3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin
The Professor
1919·7m·★ 6.0·Charlie Chaplin
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The Bond
1918·9m·★ 5.4·Charlie Chaplin
3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin
Triple Trouble
1918·23m·★ 5.1·Charlie Chaplin
3 shared cast incl. Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin
City Lights
1931·1h 27m·★ 8.5·Charlie Chaplin
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Easy Street
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Both star Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin
The Champion
1915·31m·★ 6.7·Charlie Chaplin
Both star Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin
The Tramp
1915·26m·★ 6.8·Charlie Chaplin
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The Bank
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Both star Charlie Chaplin & Edna PurvianceDir. Charlie Chaplin
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How Good Is How to Make Movies?
Ratings across IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes, Metacritic, and TMDB, plus our verdict.
Consensus
6.2Mixed Reviews
Score Breakdown
★ TMDB6.1
★ IMDb6.2
🍅 Rotten Tomatoes (Critics)N/A
◆ MetacriticN/A
The Verdict
Decent, Give It a Shot
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