Movies: Syd Chaplin

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church....

A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying....

An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero....

The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city....

A look at the parallel lives of Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler and how they crossed with the creation of the film “The Great Dictator,” released in 1940....

Three Chaplin silent comedies "A Dog's Life", "Shoulder Arms", and "The Pilgrim" are strung together to form a single feature length film. Chaplin provides new music, narration, and a small amount of new connecting material. "Shoulder Arms" is now de...

Pierre and Jacques are working as waiters at a restaurant where the cooks go on strike. When the two are forced to work as bakers, the striking cooks put dynamite in the dough, with explosive results....

A propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Load Committee to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and...

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot....

Short documentary about Chaplin's year at Essanay. Clips from Chaplin films but also from other Essanay films....

The adventures of Old Bill and his friends Bert and Alf in the trenches of the first World War....

Mr. and Mrs. Gussle get up to some hijinks in this Keystone comedy....

A film about the tall actor who was most famous for playing the quintessential villain for Charlie Chaplin's Tramp character....

The disgraceful Reggie Gussle spends a day at the park with his hated wife while trying to steal a lovely girl from her boyfriend....

The ever-disreputable Reggie Gussle, mistreating his caddy and generally making an ass of himself on the golf course, receives a well-deserved golf ball to the noggin, temporarily rendering him disoriented. The offending golfer, Ambrose, and his wife...

A biographical documentary about the great British actor and director Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977), from rags to riches, from the slums of London to glory....

Gussle Rivals Jonah is a silent comedy...

Gussle (Syd Chaplin) comes home with a cute little dog but doesn't want the wife to see it--leading up to a rather funny bit you'll have to see for yourself. The marriage, at first, seems ideal and Gussle and his wife seem devoted. However, it soon s...

King, Queen, Joker is a 1921 silent feature farce written and directed by Sydney Chaplin, Charlie's older brother. The picture was produced by Famous Players-Lasky and distributed through Paramount Pictures. The film was shot in England, France and t...

A waiter tricks his way into command of a sub in order to rob a ship carrying gold bullion....