Charlie saves a farmer's daughter from some thieving toughs and subsequently stops their attempt to rob the farm. The Tramp falls in love with the girl, but upon the appearance of her sweetheart, the little fellow decides to leave. This seminal Chaplin film is important for its superb characterization and construction, successfully integrating pathos and comedy. The film's sad ending - which was new to film comdedy - is Chaplin's first film with his classic fat-out of shuffling away alone with his back to the camera into the distance.In Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, made in 1915, cinema's greatest comedian was first able to build his screen work around his performance style rather than forcing himself, as before, into Mack Sennett's frenzied Keystone comedy matrix. With this freedom
Chaplin evolved in a year from the gag comedian of "His New Job" to the brilliant pantomimist of "A Night Out," "The Champion," "The Tramp" and "Shanghaied" to the profound satirist of "Police."
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