The Tramp
About The Tramp
Chaplin's tramp, nearly hit by two cars, takes refuge on a farm and helps the farmer's daughter when a hobo bothers her. He works the place, quarrels with a farmhand, and stops a planned robbery. When he sees that she already has a fiancé, he leaves a letter and walks back down the road.
Cast & crew
More about The Tramp
Chaplin wrote, directed, edited, and starred, and Jess Robbins produced for Essanay. Wikipedia calls it his sixth film and the fifth shot in and around the Niles studio. Wikidata lists 32 minutes and the date April 12, 1915.
Themes
Making
Wikipedia says earlier Chaplin shorts had already used the tramp, and that this one gives the character a wider emotional range.
Look
Harry Ensign photographed the short in and around the Essanay studio at Niles.
Notes
- Edna Purviance plays the farmer's daughter and Ernest Van Pelt her father.
- Lloyd Bacon is her fiancé and also a thief. Leo White and Bud Jamison are the other thieves.
- Paddy McGuire plays the farmhand and Billy Armstrong a minister.
- Harry Ensign is the cinematographer on Wikidata.
- The Chicago Board of Censors cut a shot of Chaplin sitting in a sewage pipe after burning his backside.
Scenes
- He leaves a letter for the farmer's daughter and walks off alone, swinging his cane.
Also available
- Internet Archive (THETRAMP1915CharlieChaplinEdnaPurviance)
- Wikimedia Commons (The Tramp (Charlie Chaplin, 1915).webm)
