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Shoulder Arms
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6.8An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as Doughboy
- Edna Purviance as The Girl
- Syd Chaplin as Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
- Loyal Underwood as Short German Officer
- Henry Bergman as Fat Whiskered German Soldier / The Kaiser's General / Bartender
- Tom Wilson as Dumb German Wood-Cutter
Themes
- world war i
- black and white
- silent film
- behind enemy lines
- trench warfare
- short film
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Key facts
- 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
via Wikipedia infobox
Internet Archive
audioThere's A New Moon Over My Shoulder (And A Beautiful Girl In My Arms)
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Plot
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