Shoulder Arms (1918)

Directed by

Charlie Chaplin

Genre

comedy film, silent film, war film

Country

United States

Runtime

36 min

Rated

G

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 199 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Charlie Chaplin plays a clumsy American soldier fighting in France during World War I. He gets into silly situations with his fellow troops and dreams of capturing the German Kaiser.

lightheartedcomedicslapstickwhimsicalplayfulmock-serioussilent-era

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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