- The Bond
Infobox Film
name = The Bond
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director =Charlie Chaplin
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writer =Charlie Chaplin
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starring =Edna Purviance
Albert Austin
Sydney Chaplin
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distributor = First National Pictures Inc.
released = 1918
runtime = 5 minutes
country = USA
language = Silent film
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imdb_id = 0008907"The Bond" is a
propaganda film created byCharlie Chaplin at his own expense for theLiberty Load Committee for theatrical release to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds duringWorld War I .Made in 1918 with
Edna Purviance ,Albert Austin andSydney Chaplin , the film has a distinctive visual motif set in a simple plain black set with starkly lit simple props and arrangements. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to K.O. theKaiser which Charlie does literally.There was also a British version with
Uncle Sam replaced byJohn Bull and promotes War Bonds.Media
Cast
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Charles Chaplin - Charlie
*Edna Purviance - Charlie's Wife
*Albert Austin - Friend
*Sydney Chaplin - The KaiserExternal links
*imdb title|id=0008907|title=The Bond
* [http://www.archive.org/details/CC_1918_09_29_TheBond Complete film at Archive.org]
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