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The Adventurer (1917)

Name: The Adventurer
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1917
Duration: 23 min
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Monta Bell, Henry Bergman, Phyllis Allen, Albert Austin

191723 minComedy✓ Verified rightsSilent · CC0 piano score

The Adventurer (1917) is a 23-minute comedy short film that airs free on Starlite TV's Silent Pictures (CH 12) channel. It is a silent film, presented with a public-domain (CC0) piano score. It is in the U.S. public domain. Directed by Charlie Chaplin.

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About The Adventurer (1917)

The Adventurer is an American silent short comedy film made in 1917 written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, and is the last of the twelve films made under contract for the Mutual Film Corporation. It is in the public domain.

The police are hunting for an escaped convict who has cleverly eluded the guards so far. One officer is told to guard the beach in case he comes within sight again. However, unbeknownst to the officer, the convict is actually buried under sand next to him. Fully aware of the danger, he is very cautious regarding his escape. He unburies himself very cautiously, however, the officer is asleep and falls back on the hole which the convict created while un-burying himself.

Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Adventurer (1917 film) (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).

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Credits

Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Cast includes: Charlie Chaplin, Monta Bell, Henry Bergman, Phyllis Allen, Albert Austin, Eric Campbell, Tiny Sandford, James T. Kelley
Country: United States

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Airs on

Silent Pictures - CH 12, Silent Film TV

Rights & source

Basis: Published before 1931 - U.S. copyright term expired
Evidence: First published 1917 (before 1931): US copyright term has expired.
Music: Silent copy with no audio track; CC0 piano bed is played.
Underlying rights: Chaplin Mutual.
Source: Internet Archive

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