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- Directed by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Written by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Produced by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Starring
- Edna Purviance , Sydney Chaplin
- Cinematography
- Roland Totheroh
- Edited by
- Charlie Chaplin
- Distributed by
- First National Pictures
- Release date
- October 20, 1918 ( 1918-10-20 )
- Running time
- 36 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- Silent (English intertitles )
- Box office
- $700,000-$1 million
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The full film Shoulder Arms is Charlie Chaplin's second film for First National Pictures. Released in 1918, it is a silent comedy film set in France during World War I, the first of three films he made on the subject of war. It co-starred Edna Purviance and Sydney Chaplin, Chaplin's elder brother. In this film, Chaplin is never in his Little Tramp outfit.
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1918 American films1918 comedy films1918 filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican silent comedy short filmsAmerican World War I filmsCultural depictions of Wilhelm IIFirst National Pictures filmsMilitary comedy filmsShort films directed by Charlie ChaplinSurviving American silent filmsTemplate film date with 1 release date