Charlie Chaplin

Shawn Hall October 21, 2025

During promotion for The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin declared it the film he wanted to be...

Shawn Hall August 5, 2025

Four years after The Jazz Singer started Hollywood’s rapid shift to talking pictures, Charlie Chaplin stuck...

Monsieur Verdoux: A Comedy of Murders (1947) Monsieur Verdoux at his trial.

Shawn Hall November 10, 2022

Charlie Chaplin’s greatest talent was his ability to mix heartfelt emotion into his comedies. From his...

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Letterboxd Reviews

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I love seeing all the adds on the trams. Wonder what exactly Dean Chemist’s promise of “Teeth Carefully Extracted” actually looked like in 1905.
A Will That Conquers, 1919 - ★★½
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Definitely an amateur production that’s oldly paced.
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Watched on Sunday October 4, 2026.
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