The Chaplin Puzzle (1992)

10.0/10 • 98 min • Documentary

Overview

This rare two part documentary focuses on Charlie Chaplin's development at Keystone and Essanay. It concludes with a director's cut of the film Police (1916). The series is narrated by none other than Burgess Meredith.

Cast

Burgess Meredith

Narrator (voice)

Charlie Chaplin

Self / The Tramp (archive footage)

Mabel Normand

(archive footage)

Roscoe Arbuckle

(archive footage)

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