Easy street

Duration: 16

Year Published: 1917

Creator: Lone Star Corporation ; written and directed by Charlie Chaplin.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: silent

Credits: Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, direction, writing, cast.; Totheroh, Roland H., 1890-1967, camera/lighting.; Purviance, Edna, 1896-1958, cast.; Austin, Albert, cast.; Campbell, Eric, cast.; Kelley, James T., 1854-1933, cast.; Bergman, Henry, 1870-1946, cast.; Rand, John, 1871-1940, cast.; Lone Star Film Corporation.

Description: Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; Photographed by Rollie Totheroh.; Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Albert Austin, Eric Campbell, James T. Kelley, Henry Bergman, John Rand, Charlotte Mineau, Frank J. Coleman.; "Charlie portrays a bum who steps into a mission and is reformed by a minister and a girl mission worker. Fit for work, he gets a job as a policeman and soon finds himself face to face with the meanest tough on Easy Street. The ruffian tries to impress Charlie with his strength and bends down a gas lamppost. Seeing a grand opportunity, Charlie jumps on his back, shoves the man's head into the lamp, and turns on the gas. The unconscious tough is hauled off to jail, and Charlie is hailed a hero, but it isn't long before the brute breaks out of prison, looking for revenge. Once again Easy Street becomes a battlefield, until Charlie saves the day by dropping a stove on the tough"--Videodisc sleeve.; PFA 1608-01-15459. D0003; PFA 1606-01-14487. D0104; No intertitles.; Re-issue with added music track.; PFA 1608-01-15459. CONDITION NOTE: Last inspected: 2012/ 12/14; excellent condition; PFA 1606-01-14487. CONDITION NOTE: Last checked: 2011/04 /22 Lacks title or credits; good condition.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE