Shoulder Arms (1918)

“(OK) The first part is everything tender in feeling for the character and brave in statement, about war. Fantastic inmersion in cheese and water, a frog over the barefoot of a solider is poetic. Then, the heroics and the ruined dignified house is wonderful.” read more

Mustanaamio7's Movie Diary 2019 (251 movies items)

"10.3. 2019 "Shoulder Arms", which was released at the time when World War I was still going on, is one of Chaplin's earliest really great films. In the silent comedy a soldier played by Chaplin becomes an accidental hero. In some of Chaplin's most memorable scenes the main character uses a limburger cheese as a weapon and disguises himself as a tree while fighting against enemy soldiers. The film combines some surrealistic elements with military satire in a very innovative way. Chaplin certainl"

American World War I Propaganda Films (14 movies items)

" Charlie Chaplin Edna Purviance as The Girl Charlie Chaplin as Doughboy Syd Chaplin as Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser Loyal Underwood as Short German Officer NR | 20 October 1918 | 45 min | Comedy, War Shoulder Arms is Charlie Chaplin's second film for First National Pictures. Released in 1918, it is a silent comedy set in France during World War I. The main part of the film actually occurs in a dream. It co-starred Edna Purviance and Sydney Chaplin, Chaplin's elder brother. It is Chap"

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