Silent Comedy

His Favorite Pastime (1914) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Charlie Chaplin Silent Comedy

Charlie Chaplin met Peggy Pearce in his third week at Keystone, and reports that the match was instant! In his autobiography he has stated that his heart sang. Two weeks later they were together in His Favorite Pastime, which opened…

The Masquerader (1914) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Charlie Chaplin Silent Comedy

At the time of The Masquerader's theatrical release on August 27, 1914, Charlie Chaplin had been in film for about seven months. He was a tramp, a drunk and a dandy at Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios. He was now the…

Charlie Chaplin’s “Laughing Gas” (1914) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Silent Comedy Classic

Charlie Chaplin genuinely hated dentists. Not the mild unease most people carry into a checkup — his own family, decades later, would struggle to get him to tolerate even infrequent visits, and he was still making pointed jabs at dentistry…

Charlie Chaplin’s “A Film Johnnie” (1914) Full Movie Review, Plot, Cast & Free Silent Comedy Classic

By March 1914, Charlie Chaplin had been at Keystone Studios for barely two months, and he was already fighting with his director. A Film Johnnie — Chaplin's fifth film, released March 2, 1914 — is, by Chaplin's own later account,…