The Adventurer
AKA Charlot s’évade in France
(1917) American
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charles Chaplin [the prison escapee], Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman, Marta Golden, Eric Campbell, Albert Austin, Toraichi Kono [chauffeur], John Rand, Frank J. Coleman, Loyal Underwood, May White, Phyllis Allen, Monta Bell, Janet Miller Sully

Lone Star Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Mutual Chaplin Specials]. / Produced by Charles Chaplin. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh. / © 1917 by Lone Star Corporation. Released 23 October 1917. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / The production was shot in the Lone Star Studio in Hollywood, California, and on location. Campbell’s last film before his death. The last of Chaplin’s 12 film Mutual contract pictures.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist [35mm positive], and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Beaches - Chases - Chauffeurs - Criminals: Convicts - Police: Policemen - Prisoners - Transportation: Automobiles - USA: California - Water

Listing updated: 23 April 2005.

References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 120, 121; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 43, 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 63, 82, 89, 92, 96, 154; Kobal-Fifty p. 16; Lahue-World p. 72a; McGhee-Wayne pp. 114, 118; Sklar-Movie p. 112.

Home Video: DVD.