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Shoulder Arms (1918)
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Charlie is a boot camp private who has a dream of being a hero who goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines. Director:Charles ChaplinWriter:Charles Chaplin |
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Edna Purviance | ... |
French girl
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| Syd Chaplin | ... |
Sergeant
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The Kaiser
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Jack Wilson | ... |
German Crown Prince
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Henry Bergman | ... |
Fat German sergeant
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Field Marshal von Hindenburg
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Albert Austin | ... |
U.S. soldier
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German soldier
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Kaiser's chauffeur
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Tom Wilson | ... |
Training camp sergeant
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John Rand | ... |
U.S. soldier
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J. Parks Jones | ... |
U.S. soldier
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Loyal Underwood | ... |
Short German officer
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Storyline
Charlie is in boot camp in the "awkward squad." Once in France he gets no letters from home. He finally gets a package containing limburger cheese which requires a gas mask and which he throws over into the German trench. He goes "over the top" and captures thirteen Germans ("I surrounded them"), then volunteers to wander through the German lines disguised as a tree trunk. With the help of a French girl he captures the Kaiser and the Crown Prince and is given a statue and victory parade in New York and then ... fellow soldiers wake him from his dream. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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(USA) See more »Also Known As:
¡Armas al hombro! See more »Filming Locations:
Chaplin Studios - 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USACompany Credits
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Originally planned at five reels; outtakes were preserved in Chaplin's private collection. True Boardman, Marion Feducha and Frankie Lee played Chaplin's sons in cut domestic scenes intended for the beginning of the film. Peggy Prevost and Nina Trask portrayed draft board clerks, Alf Reeves a draft board sergeant and Albert Austin a doctor in a cut scene at the draft board office. See more »Goofs
Continuity: Charlie, disguised as a tree, enters a pipe to escape a German. When the German tries to pull Charlie out he seperates the lower part of the tree costume along with Charlie's shoes. When Charlie emerges from the other end of the pipe he is still wearing shoes. See more »Crazy Credits
The short opens with a title card showing a caricature of Chaplin dressed as a World War I soldier, and text reading "Shoulder Arms Written and Produced by" followed by a blank space. A live action hand appears and points to the title, then the drawing, then uses a piece of white chalk to sign "Charles Chaplin" in the blank space, then points to the caricature one more time. See more »
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