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Chaplin's Art of Comedy

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This DVD labels itself as a 'Documentary', but it's far frominformative. There's no personal Chaplin information, no realsubstance about his life and times. This DVD is really nothing but a few old Chaplin 2-reelers from his First National Days, with a narrator explaining what is going on.

The narration is uninformative, boring and does nothing but state the obvious.

Stay away. If you want to know about Charlie Chaplin, there are many informative books on his life. If you want to buy some DVDs, steer clear of this and buy the Mutuals or the Essanay collection. END

Hi. I'm a Chaplin fan, and believe me, this DVD is not worth even trying to see. I thought it might contain something good ( I collect everything from Chaplin ) and this film just shows some parts from the Essanay films, narrated by some person who describes the film and mentions some general information about Chaplin. It was very disappoining.

This is a compiled and narrated version of some of Chaplin's Essanay films. The only reasons to buy it is if you want a total complete collection of Chaplin's releases, or if you want to experience, how people thought about silent movies in the sixties. The narration make you feel like you are treated like an imbecile.
If you buy Images other releases, the Essanay films vol. 1-3, you will get the real quality of Chaplin's great films.