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Charles Chaplin.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Fireman
Also known as Le héros à l’échelle and Le pompier in Belgium; Carlitos Bombeiro and O Bombeiro in Brazil; Chaplin palomiehenä, Urhea palokuntalainen and Palomies in Finland; Charlot pompier in France; Der Feuerwehrmann in Germany; O Charlot pyrovestis in Greece; Charlot pompiere in Italy; Charlot, bombero and El bombero in Spain; Brandsoldaten in Sweden : [A Gallant Fireman], [The Fiery Circle]
(1916) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin [the fireman], Eric Campbell [the fire chief], Edna Purviance [the fire chief’s sweetheart], Lloyd Bacon [her father], Leo White [the owner of the burning house; and a fireman], Albert Austin [a fireman], James T. Kelley [a fireman], Frank J. Coleman [a fireman], John Rand [the firehouse cook], [?] ? [the balding fireman], [?] ? [a fireman; and the bell-ringing deliveryman]
Lone Star Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Charles Chaplin [?] + [Henry P. Caulfield]? Scenario by Charles Chaplin [?] and Vincent Bryan + [Maverick Terrell]? Scenic artist (art director), E.T. Mazy. Property master, George Cleethorpe. Technical direction by Ed Brewer. Cinematography by W.C. Foster (William C. Foster) and R.H. Totheroh (Roland H. Totheroh) [?] + [Frank D. Williams]? [?] Editing supervision by Charles Chaplin? / Released 12 June 1916. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The production was shot in the Lone Star Studio and on-location in Hollywood, California. The second of Chaplin’s Mutual contract films. The film was released in Spain on 24 February 1918. The film was rereleased in the USA on 16 November 1919. The film was rereleased in the USA by Chaplin Classics, Incorporated, circa 1922. The film was released in Finland on 9 November 1924. The film was rereleased in the USA by Clark-Cornelius Corporation.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist [35mm positives]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Fire - Firemen
Listing updated: 20 May 2018.
References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 120, 121, 126; Everson-American p. 265; FilmYearBook-1923 p. 198; Jacobs-Chaplin p. 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 37, 88, 92, 102; Tarbox-Lost p. 244 : ClasIm-241 p. 12 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
Streaming: Amazon.
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