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The Adventurer is a 1917 American film directed by Charlie Chaplin and produced by the Lone Star Corporation. It has recorded publication dates of 1 January 1917 and 22 October 1917, runs for 26 minutes, and its status is recorded as Released.
Its listed themes include an escaped convict, a fake identity, upper-class society, a house party and slapstick comedy.
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6.9The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as The Eel / Commodore Slick
- Edna Purviance as Miss Brown - The Girl
- Eric Campbell as The Suitor
- Henry Bergman as Judge Brown - The Father / Docker
- Albert Austin as The Butler
- Marta Golden as Mrs. Brown - The Mother
Themes
- upper class
- fake identity
- slapstick comedy
- escaped convict
- house party
- rescue from drowning
- manhunt
- short film
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Charlie Chaplin , Edward Brewer (technical director)
- Written by
- Charlie Chaplin (scenario), Vincent Bryan (scenario), Maverick Terrell (scenario)
- Produced by
- John Jasper
- Starring
- Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance , Eric Campbell
- Cinematography
- Roland Totheroh , George C. Zalibra
- Edited by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Distributed by
- Mutual Film Corporation
- Release date
- October 22, 1917 ( 1917-10-22 )
- Running time
- 25 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- Silent (English intertitles )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- short film
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Screenwriter
- Charlie Chaplin
- Cast member
- James T. Kelley
- Cinematographer
- Roland Totheroh
- Duration
- 31
- FilmAffinity ID
- 882564
- Image
- Edna Purviance and Charlie Chaplin in The Adventurer (1).jpg
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- publication date
- 1917-10-22
- color
- black-and-white
- title
- The Adventurer
- Commons category
- The Adventurer (1917 film)
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- distributed by
- Mutual Film Corporation
- copyright status
- public domain
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Encyclopedic overview
The Adventurer From left to right are Henry Bergman, Marta Golden, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell and Charlie Chaplin in a scene still from the film The Adventurer is an American silent short comedy film made in 1917 written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, and is the last of the twelve films made under contract for the Mutual Film Corporation.
Plot
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