Edna Purviance Movies

Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.

The 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 gypsy seductress is sent to sway a goofy officer to allow a smuggling run.

A janitor at a bank is in love with a secretary and dreams that she has fallen in love with him too.

The whole world knows him. Burlesque comedy genius, popular actor, author, director, producer, composer, choreographer, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)...

A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter,...

During the troubled shooting of several movies, David, the prop man's assistant, meets an aspiring actress who tries to find work in the studio....

A tailor's apprentice burns Count Broko's clothes while ironing them and the tailor fires him. Later, the tailor discovers a note explaining that the...

It is windy at a bathing resort. After fighting with one of the two husbands, Charlie approaches Edna while the two husbands themselves fight over...

Charlie is released from prison and immediately swindled by a fake parson. A fellow ex-convict convinces Charlie to help burglarize a house.

After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.

Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast...

A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.

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...

Two disruptive theater patrons, the wealthy drunk Mr. Pest (played by Charlie Chaplin) and the rowdy working-class Mr. Rowdy (also played by...

Edna's father wants her to marry wealthy Count He-Ha. Charlie, Edna's true love, impersonates the Count at dinner, but the real Count shows up and...

An appreciative, uncritical look at silent film comedies and thrillers from early in the century through the 1920s.

An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.

At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.

A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.