His Regeneration (1915)
Country: US
Technical: bw 15m
Director: G. M. Anderson
Cast: G. M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Lee Willard, Marguerite Clayton, Charles Chaplin
Synopsis:
A petty crook gets into a fight over a girl at a dancehall and is injured. Another girl comes to his aid and, some time later, comes across him conducting a burglary, causing him to change his ways.
Review:
The only noteworthy thing about this odd little one-reeler is that it was made at all, no doubt thanks to Chaplin's involvement and 'assistance'. The narrative, despite being concise, is both unclear and improbable, asking us to believe that an innocent woman would take the rap for shooting an intruder, to save a man she has no reason to believe will reform. Chaplin is introduced early on and to no purpose, clowning around at the dancehall, as are one or two other irrelevant characters; indeed, the film is not a comedy at all, but a melodrama.
Country: US
Technical: bw 15m
Director: G. M. Anderson
Cast: G. M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Lee Willard, Marguerite Clayton, Charles Chaplin
Synopsis:
A petty crook gets into a fight over a girl at a dancehall and is injured. Another girl comes to his aid and, some time later, comes across him conducting a burglary, causing him to change his ways.
Review:
The only noteworthy thing about this odd little one-reeler is that it was made at all, no doubt thanks to Chaplin's involvement and 'assistance'. The narrative, despite being concise, is both unclear and improbable, asking us to believe that an innocent woman would take the rap for shooting an intruder, to save a man she has no reason to believe will reform. Chaplin is introduced early on and to no purpose, clowning around at the dancehall, as are one or two other irrelevant characters; indeed, the film is not a comedy at all, but a melodrama.
Country: US
Technical: bw 15m
Director: G. M. Anderson
Cast: G. M. 'Broncho Billy' Anderson, Lee Willard, Marguerite Clayton, Charles Chaplin
Synopsis:
A petty crook gets into a fight over a girl at a dancehall and is injured. Another girl comes to his aid and, some time later, comes across him conducting a burglary, causing him to change his ways.
Review:
The only noteworthy thing about this odd little one-reeler is that it was made at all, no doubt thanks to Chaplin's involvement and 'assistance'. The narrative, despite being concise, is both unclear and improbable, asking us to believe that an innocent woman would take the rap for shooting an intruder, to save a man she has no reason to believe will reform. Chaplin is introduced early on and to no purpose, clowning around at the dancehall, as are one or two other irrelevant characters; indeed, the film is not a comedy at all, but a melodrama.