{"id":6596,"date":"2019-09-18T15:05:29","date_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calverosdepot.com\/blog\/?p=6596"},"modified":"2019-09-18T15:05:32","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T19:05:32","slug":"day-4-favorite-essanay-film-30-day-charlie-chaplin-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calverosdepot.com\/blog\/2019\/09\/18\/day-4-favorite-essanay-film-30-day-charlie-chaplin-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 – Favorite Essanay Film – 30 Day Charlie Chaplin Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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What a flirt! And a practical joker (to someone who deserves it, really)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Chaplin’s Essanay films are the least watched era for me. He is, understandably, still finding himself as a filmmaker (it was his second year in films after all. As much as a genius as he was to become, not even he could be a master of it in such a short time), but the Tramp character starts to emerge more at this time. “The Tramp” and “A Woman” are good examples of this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is also the year that Edna Purviance<\/a> joined Charlie’s ensemble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Tramp is great because of the silliness he gets himself into. This was also one of the first Chaplin films I bought, in some department store that had a small selection of VHS tapes. And that version of the film had narration as well. Maybe affected my love for the film. Also a slightly better paced story than A Woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I like how (around 9:30) he gets accidentally sacked by a big bag of flour (?) and gets covered in it. And he does that quick look at the camera. Doesn’t matter how many times I have seen it, it always makes me laugh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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