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Chaplin's Essanay Comedies, Vol. 02 (1915) Review

This is the long awaited "restored" version of Charlie Chaplin's Essanay comedies. Unfortunately when I say "restored," I mean to the best quality possible; Chaplin himself had the original negatives incinerated when he moved from California to Europe in the early 1950's. He was unable to have all of his work shipped over seas. This was the case for both the Essanay films and the Mutual Films. The First National films as well as his feature films were the ones that he kept. When they restored the Essanay and the Mutual films, they tried to find the earliest prints in the best condition that were still available. This means that some films or parts of films will be in better condition than others. In the case of the Mutual films alternate takes were used in the film restoration process (a Chaplin employee had kept footage that was supposed to be thrown away). Even though extra footage doesn't exist for the Essanay comedies, the "Chaplin's Essanay Comedies Vol. 1, 2, and 3" on DVD (manufactured through Image Entertainment) are probably the highest quality that you will ever see for these films. They were restored through David Shepard's company "Film Preservation Associates," who restored the Chaplin Mutual films (available on DVD from Image Entertainment in three volumes) several years ago. Also, they created new musical scores by Robert Israel and Eric James which fit the tone of each of the films in the collection. It's amazing that these films still survive in as good a condition as they are in.
For the films themselves, this is classic comedy at its finest. Both "The Tramp" and "A Burlesque on `Carmen' " are among my favorite Chaplin films. But, all of these films still maintain their entertainment value even after 86 years. You won't be able to sit through one without laughing at the predicaments that Charlie gets himself into and then gets himself out of.

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