Release Date: Jun 17, 1917 Wide
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Charles Chaplin's next-to-last Mutual Studios 2-reeler is as funny as his other 11 Mutual entries, though there's a stronger inner lining of poignancy. En route by boat from an unnamed country, immigrant Chaplin tries to make the best of the nausea-inducing rough seas. He then befriends fellow emigree Edna Purviance and her ailing mother. Months pass: Chaplin meets Purviance in a restaurant. Quickly ascertaining that her mother has died, Chaplin appoints himself Purviance's protector. He even
Jun 17, 1917 Wide
Apr 12, 2001
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It appealed largely to Charlie's urban working class audience.
Charlie Chaplin made this slient film so emotionally and funny.
August 20, 2008
Super Reviewer
Only Chaplin could make so much out of a scene with merely a coin, a hole in his pocket and an angry waiter
March 18, 2008Super Reviewer
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