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

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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