The Bond
AKA Charles Chaplin in a Liberty Loan Appeal in the United Kingdom : [Charlie Chaplin in a Liberty Bond Appeal]
(1918) American
B&W : Split-reel / 685 feet
Directed by Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charles Chaplin [Charlie], Edna Purviance [a woman on the street; Liberty], Albert Austin [a man on the street; the wedding wellwisher], Sydney Chaplin [Kaiser Wilhelm], Dorothy Rosher [Cupid in the moon], [?] ? [Uncle Sam], [?] ? [Industry], [?] ? [American soldier], [?] ? [American sailor], [?] ? [minister], [?] ? [deacon].

Charles Chaplin production. / Produced by Charles Chaplin. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh. / © 4 October 1918. Released 16 December 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / A promotional film for the Fourth Liberty Loan bond appeal drive.

Comedy.

Survival Status: Prints exist [35mm positive, 16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Cupid - Kaiser Wilhelm - War: World War I: 28 July 1914-11 November 1918 - Weddings

Listing updated: 26 February 2006.

References: Film viewing : Jacobs-Chaplin p. 136; Kerr-Silent p. 181; Spehr-American p. 101.

Home Video: DVD.