The story begins between the two World Wars. During that time, things started going crazy and freedom disappeared. Which the nation of Tomainia was on the losing side.
a man talking about the country of Tomania that was becoming weaker but sought to hit the Cathedral of Notre Dame with its war weapon. The Dictator watches as the machine hits only in front of a small house and then drops a bomb to the ground directly in front of it. One man is sent to check the fuse as the missile turns toward him with his every move then explodes. Planes fly overhead, and he tries to shoot them down with little success.........
Director:Charles Chaplin
Writer:Charles Chaplin
Stars:Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard and Jack Oakie
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Charlie is a member of the "Awkward Squad"in boot camp. He has problems with making a proper about-face and with marching. Once in France he gets no letters from home. He finally gets a package containing Limburger cheese which requires a gas mask and which he throws over into the German trench. He goes "over the top" and captures thirteen Germans. Escaping the enemy squad Charlie hides in a bombed-out house where a French girl, Edna Purviance, lives. She discovers him in her bed and tends to his wounds. Soon they're beset by the enemy squad, searching for Charlie. With the help of Edna he captures the Kaiser and the Crown Prince and is given a statue and victory parade in New York and then ... fellow soldiers wake him from his dream.
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Writer: Charlie Chaplin
Stars: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Syd Chaplin
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The regular bakers go out on strike, that it's why Charlie Chaplin and another waiter must become bakers. The strikers put dynamite in a piece of bread which is delivered to the cake counter. It winds up in the oven and explodes.
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Writer: Mack Sennett
Stars: Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin and Fritz Schade
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Marie St. Clair (Edna Purviance), a simple girl living in a small French town, plans to elope with her lover, artist Jean Millet (Carl Miller), even though her suspicious stepfather attempts to stop her. Jean brings her to his home, but they are also scorned by his father. Jean and Marie resolve to leave for Paris that night. They go to the railroad station, where Jean leaves Marie with money for tickets, while he returns home to pack. A final parting with his parents brings on a fatal stroke to his father, and when Marie calls to find out why he's late, Jean tells her that he must stay. Taking this as a rejection, Marie boards the train by herself. A year later in Paris, Marie is a kept woman, and her keeper is Pierre Revel (Adolphe Menjou), the richest bachelor in town and one of the slimiest. When a magazine article announces Pierre's engagement to an equally wealthy woman, Marie tries to react coolly, but her body language shows she is clearly upset. Later, Marie confronts him about the engagement and is told that it will make no difference in their relationship, that "we can go on just the same," but Marie refuses to go out with Pierre. Later, she is invited to a wild party in the bohemian Latin Quarter, and she gets the address wrong, accidentally arriving at the studio where Jean and his mother now live. The two are glad to see each other, but the passage of time has made them formal and they conceal their real emotions. Observing their penurious condition, Marie hires Jean to paint her portrait. As the days pass and the portrait nears completion, Jean again falls in love with Marie, but when he professes his love, Marie is noncommittal. She confronts Pierre with her desire for marriage and children, and he chides her, pointing to her pearl necklace as evidence of her happiness. Pierre in turn confronts her about the artist and she admits that she loves and will marry him, news that he takes coolly and dubiously, telling her that he'll see her for dinner the next evening. In the artists garret, Jean and his mother argue about Marie, and, browbeaten by his disapproving mother, he finally declares that he has reconsidered his proposal. He is overheard by Marie, and she coolly confirms that the proposal was a mistake. Later as he sets out to stalk Marie in hopes of re-establishing their relationship, the desperate Jean is seen loading a revolver. At the fancy restaurant where Pierre and Marie dine that night, Jean confronts the couple.
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Writer: Charlie Chaplin
Stars: Edna Purviance, Clarence Geldart and Carl Miller
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