Chaplin's Essanay Comedies DVD 22 min) + narration

22 min) + narration

his apotheosis being the landmark 1929 film Man with a Movie Camera

including "trick films

the film’s startling premise and stunning set-pieces became merely a tantalizing memory

George Loane Tucker

Chaplin's Essanay Comedies DVD 22 min) + narrationSTREAM DIGITAL VERSION 2 DISC BLU RAY EDITION In late 1914, Charlie Chaplin was paid the then unprecedented salary of $1,250 per week (with a bonus of $10,000) in exchange for signing a one year contract with the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. The resulting 14 films he created for Essanay find Chaplin further experimenting with new cinematic techniques, while continuing to add complexities and pathos into his celebrated Little Tramp character,