Movies: Syd Chaplin

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city....

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

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying....

An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero....

A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940....

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now de...

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 the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot....

A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and...

Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results....

Gussle Rivals Jonah is a silent comedy...

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

A wealthy young man disguises himself as a gardener to be near the woman he secretly loves. He discovers that the butler is an enemy spy who plans to steal military secrets, and has to find a way to stop him....

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War....

Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films....

Gussle (Syd Chaplin) comes home with a cute little dog but doesn't want the wife to see it--leading up to a rather funny bit you'll have to see for yourself. The marriage, at first, seems ideal and Gussle and his wife seem devoted. However, it soon s...

A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion....

Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy....

The disgraceful Reggie Gussle spends a day at the park with his hated wife while trying to steal a lovely girl from her boyfriend....

A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character....

Freddy Wetherill and his bride, Hyla, quarrel at her mother's beach cottage, and Hyla sends her new husband home alone. Seeking distraction from his troubles, Freddy enters a vaudeville theater where Undine, "the diving Venus," and her trained seal, ...