The Adventurer (film)

Infobox Film
name = The Adventurer


caption =
director = Charles Chaplin
Edward Brewer (technical director)
producer = John Jasper
writer = Charles Chaplin (scenario)
Vincent Bryan (scenario)
Maverick Terrell (scenario)
starring = Charles Chaplin
Edna Purviance
Eric Campbell
music =
cinematography = Roland H. Totheroh
George C. Zalibra
editing = Charles Chaplin
distributor = Mutual Film Corporation
released = October 22, 1917
runtime = 31 minutes
country = USA
language = Silent
budget =
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followed_by =
amg_id =
imdb_id = 0007613

"The Adventurer" is a short comedy film made in 1917 written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. It is the last out of the twelve films made while he was under contract for the Mutual Film Corporation.

Plot and characters

Chaplin plays an escaped convict on the run from prison guards. He falls into favor with a wealthy family after he saves a young lady (Edna Purviance) from drowning, but her suitor (Eric Campbell) does everything he can to have Chaplin apprehended by the officials.

The film also stars Henry Bergman, and Albert Austin, and marked the final film of his co-star Eric Campbell who would be dead before the end of the year in a drunk driving accident.

Critical reception

A re-release of the film inspired this enthusiastic review in the August 16, 1920 "New York Times". Note that this was written during a period in which Chaplin's film output was practically nonexistent.

"On the Rivoli program, and also at the Rialto, is a Chaplin revival. "The Adventurer", which makes one wish, between laughs, that the screen's best comedian would get to work and do what everyone knows he is capable of. There is a slap-stick coarse humor in "The Adventurer", but also some of Chaplin's most irresistible pantomime." [http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?title1=&title2=Adventurer%2C%20The&reviewer=&v_id=239712&pdate=19200816]

Cast

* Charles Chaplin - The Convict
* Edna Purviance - The Girl
* Eric Campbell - The Suitor
* Henry Bergman - The Father
* Albert Austin - The Butler

External links

*imdb title|id=0007613|title=The Adventurer