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The Tramp (film)

1915 film directed by Charlie Chaplin

Summary

1915 film directed by Charlie Chaplin

Field	Value
name	The Tramp
image	The Tramp poster.jpg
caption	Theatrical release poster
director	Charlie Chaplin
producer	Jess Robbins
writer	Charlie Chaplin
starring	Charlie Chaplin
Edna Purviance
cinematography	Harry Ensign
editing	Charlie Chaplin
distributor	Essanay Studios
General Film Company
released
runtime	26 minutes
country	United States
language	Silent (English intertitles)

Edna Purviance General Film Company The Tramp is a 1915 film and the sixth directed by Charlie Chaplin for Essanay Studios. It was Chaplin's fifth and final film produced at Essanay's Niles, California, studio. The Tramp marked the emergence of the Tramp character, a role Chaplin had played in earlier films but with a more emotional depth, showing a caring side towards others. The film also stars Edna Purviance as the farmer's daughter and Ernest Van Pelt as Edna's father. The outdoor scenes were filmed on location near Niles.

Plot

The poignant last scene in ''The Tramp'' was filmed in [[Niles Canyon]].

The Tramp is walking down the road, narrowly escaping two cars. Seeking refuge on a farm, he faces various humorous situations, including a hobo trading his sandwich for a brick. The Tramp comes to the aid of a farmer's daughter who is harassed by a hobo. As the story unfolds, the Tramp engages in farm work, gets involved in a tiff with a farmhand, and foils a planned robbery. However, upon realizing the farmer's daughter is already in a relationship, the Tramp decides to leave, leaving a heartfelt letter behind and the Tramp walks away alone on the road he came in.

Cast

Charlie Chaplin as "The Tramp" during the film

Charlie Chaplin as The Tramp
Edna Purviance as Farmer's daughter
Lloyd Bacon as Edna's fiancé/Second thief
Leo White as First thief
Bud Jamison as Third thief
Ernest Van Pelt as Farmer, Edna's father
Paddy McGuire as Farmhand
Billy Armstrong as Minister

Reception

The Tramp faced cuts by city and state film censorship boards, including a scene of Chaplin sitting in a sewage drainage pipe after burning his posterior, cut by the Chicago Board of Censors.

References

"Progressive Silent Film List: ''The Tramp''". silentera.com.
(March 30, 1918). "Official Cut-Outs by the Chicago Board of Censors". Exhibitors Herald Company.

Wikipedia Source

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