How To Make Movies — Unreleased Charlie Chaplin Film (1918)

1918 · Silent film · 13 min · dir. Charlie Chaplin

• Comedy

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Synopsis

A short film showing the development of Chaplin Studios. Charlie chronicles the construction of his own studio, offers a tour of the stage, laboratory and cutting rooms, rehearses with the cast and crew and stages a location shoot. Supposedly, Chaplin made this film in 1918 to show the First National Picture Corporation when he signed to produce movies with them. How to Make Movies was never released for the general public. This is compiled by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill from a variety of…

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Director

Charlie Chaplin

Running time

13 minutes

Cast & crew

• Charlie Chaplin Director
• Albert Austin
• Nellie Bly Baker
• Henry Bergman

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