Auction: Chaplin Mutuals Vol 1 DVD

Chaplin Mutuals Vol 1 Description: "Charlie Chaplin entered movies in 1914, an English pantomimist relatively known to American audiences. Only two years later, he signed with the Mutual Film Company to make twelve two-reel comedies, four which are contained in this collection, at a salary of $670,000, becoming the highest-paid entertainer in history. Decades later in My Autobiography, Chaplin wrote that "Fulfilling the Mutual contract, I suppose, was the happiest period of my career."

The Immigrant - Charlie and Edna are immigrants to the land of Liberty. Social satire is tempered by an unforgettable pas-de-deux between Charlie and Eric Campbell as a bullying waiter.

The Adventurer - Charlie, an escaped convict impersonating a wealthy yachtsman, ends up at the Judge's society soiree. Chaplin brilliantly impersonates a floor lamp in the split-second chase!

The Cure - Chaplin is a wealthy inebriate drying out at a sanitarium when his secret liquor stash gets dumped in the mineral spring. Among many outstanding scenes is Charlie's effort to avoid the joint-wrenching massage therapy of his long-time sidekick, Henry Bergman.

Easy Street - In the most famous of the Mutuals, urban violence, spousal abuse, drug addiction and slum poverty become likely ingredients for brilliant humor when Charlie becomes a policeman in the city's toughest neighborhood.

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