Chaplin's Essanay Comedies DVD Flicker Alley and The Blackhawk

Flicker Alley and The Blackhawk Films® Collection are proud to present Chaplin’s Essanay Comedies

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

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

Chaplin's Essanay Comedies DVD Flicker Alley and The BlackhawkSTREAM 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,