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the idle class (1921)
cast: charlie chaplin, edna purviance, mack swain, henry bergman, allan garcia, john rand, rex storey, lillian mcmurray, lillita mccmurray (lita grey) and loyal underwood.
chaplin plays a tramp that sneaks into an upper class golf resort. the tramp meets a rich woman - edna purviance - who is having an argument with her drunken husband (also played by chaplin). complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband. the conflict here is between charlie the wealthy and alcoholic husband and charlie the tramp: the idle rich and the idle poor. in the opening scene wealthy edna descends from a pullman car, while the tramp crawls our from under another one. when true identities are revealed, a fight breaks out and the tramp is ejected.
shanghaied (1915)
cast: charlie chaplin, edna purviance, wesley ruggles, john rand, bud jamison, billy armstrong, lawrence a. bowes, paddy mcguire, leo white and fred goodwins.
a shipowner intends to scuttle his ship on its last voyage, to get the insurance money. charlie, a tramp in love with the owner's daughter, is grabbed by the captain and promises to help him shanghai some sailors. the daughter stows away to follow charlie. charlie assists in the gallery and attempst to serve food during a gale.
Charles Chaplin