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The Vagabond

  • 19161916
  • 34m
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6.9/10
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The Vagabond (1916)
ShortComedyRomance
Charlie, the emotional violinist, flees to a gipsy camp, only to find himself playing for an abducted girl. Soon, a unique birthmark will pave the way for an unexpected rescue and a marvello... Read allCharlie, the emotional violinist, flees to a gipsy camp, only to find himself playing for an abducted girl. Soon, a unique birthmark will pave the way for an unexpected rescue and a marvellous new life. But, will she forget him so easily?Charlie, the emotional violinist, flees to a gipsy camp, only to find himself playing for an abducted girl. Soon, a unique birthmark will pave the way for an unexpected rescue and a marvellous new life. But, will she forget him so easily?
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.9K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
101,281
4,962
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    • Director
      • Charles Chaplin
    • Writers
      • Charles Chaplin
      • Vincent Bryan
      • Maverick Terrell
    • Stars
      • Charles Chaplin
      • Edna Purviance
      • Eric Campbell
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Charles Chaplin
    • Writers
      • Charles Chaplin
      • Vincent Bryan
      • Maverick Terrell
    • Stars
      • Charles Chaplin
      • Edna Purviance
      • Eric Campbell
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    • 20User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
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    Charles Chaplin in The Vagabond (1916)
    Charles Chaplin, Lloyd Bacon, Charlotte Mineau, and Edna Purviance in The Vagabond (1916)
    Lloyd Bacon, Charlotte Mineau, and Edna Purviance in The Vagabond (1916)
    Lloyd Bacon and Charlotte Mineau in The Vagabond (1916)
    Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in The Vagabond (1916)
    Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in The Vagabond (1916)
    Charles Chaplin in The Vagabond (1916)
    Edna Purviance in The Vagabond (1916)
    Lloyd Bacon and Edna Purviance in The Vagabond (1916)
    Lloyd Bacon in The Vagabond (1916)
    Charles Chaplin in The Vagabond (1916)
    Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in The Vagabond (1916)

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    Charles Chaplin
    Charles Chaplin
    • Street musician
    Edna Purviance
    Edna Purviance
    • Gypsy drudge
    Eric Campbell
    Eric Campbell
    • Gypsy chieftain
    Leo White
    Leo White
    • Old Gypsy woman
    Lloyd Bacon
    Lloyd Bacon
    • Artist
    Charlotte Mineau
    Charlotte Mineau
    • Girl's mother
    Albert Austin
    Albert Austin
    • Trombonist
    John Rand
    John Rand
    • Trumpeter
    James T. Kelley
    James T. Kelley
    • Musician…
    Frank J. Coleman
    Frank J. Coleman
    • Musician…
    Phyllis Allen
      Henry Bergman
        Fred Goodwins
        • Percussionist
        • (uncredited)
        • …
        • Director
          • Charles Chaplin
        • Writers
          • Charles Chaplin
          • Vincent Bryan
          • Maverick Terrell
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        • Trivia
          Restoration work was carried out at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory in 2013.

          The Vagabond (1916) has been restored by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna and Lobster Films, from a nitrate print preserved at the Cinémathèque Royale de Belgique.

          Intertitles have been reconstructed according to the original Mutual Film intertitles and documents of the Library of Congress.
        • Goofs
          Charlie loses his hat outside the bar, is seen inside wearing it, then picks it up where he lost it when he leaves. When he escapes from the gypsy, he is hatless at first, but the next shot shows the hat suddenly back in place.
        • Alternate versions
          Kino International distributes a set of videos containing all the 12 Mutual short films made by Chaplin in 1915 - 1917. They are presented by David Shepard, who copyrighted the versions in 1984, and has a music soundtrack composed and performed by Michael Mortilla who copyrighted his score in 1989. The running time of this film is 26 minutes.
        • Connections
          Featured in Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)

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        8/10
        Rover, wanderer, nomad, vagabond, call me what you will…
        Chaplin starts out The Vagabond playing in a bar, basically as a street performer, but soon finds himself run out by the more fully developed band who is unhappy that he's stealing their customers. Soon he wanders out into the woods and almost aimlessly stumbles across a group of backwards country people. There is a hunch-backed hag of a woman that looks like a witch but is probably the wife of a mountain of a man who likes to beat the women around him and carries a huge whip wherever he goes. This guy is ripe for a slapstick smack down.

        There's an amusing scene where a young girl is beaten by the man and then Charlie shows up and tries to cheer her up by going nuts on the violin, succeeding only in getting too excited and falling into a tub of water behind him. After a series of unfortunate events, he trades his trademark cane in for a bigger stick and proceeds to knock out all the men in sight, finally making off with the young girl and the family's house, which is really just a horse-drawn wagon.

        I am curious about one of the first things that happens after he "liberates" her from her family. He takes a tub of water and roughly scrubs her face, sticking his fingers into her ears and nose while he washes her. The fact that he washes her face rather than allowing her to do it herself is obviously a physical comedy ploy, but it also gave me the feeling that he is sort of washing the country off of her, turning her into a respectable woman.

        At any rate, soon she stumbles upon an artist who finds her so beautiful that he wants to paint her, and the result is so wonderful that she gains a following in the uppity art world. Soon some rich art fans show up to take save her from a life in rags and bring her, presumably, to the big city. Charlie refuses a reward (or payment for selling the girl, as it were) and simply hugs the girl and probably wishes her good luck as she sets off in the big car. But the girl decides she doesn't want to leave without him, so they turn around and go back for him.

        This story is fraught with problems, of course, like if she would ever start to miss her family or if her upbringing in the big city would conflict with her background as a country girl, and the ending is also a little too cute and neat, but for Chaplin's early silent comedies, this is a very complex story with a definable beginning, middle and end. I felt a little uncomfortable during the face-washing scene, but overall this is definitely a higher quality example of Chaplin's early work.
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        • Release date
          • July 10, 1916 (United States)
        • Country of origin
          • United States
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        • Languages
          • None
          • English
        • Also known as
          • Gipsy Life
        • Filming locations
          • Lone Star Studio - 1751 Glendale Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
        • Production company
          • Lone Star Corporation
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        • Runtime
          34 minutes
        • Color
          • Black and White
        • Sound mix
          • Silent
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.33 : 1

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