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Edna Purviance has 20 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1910s through the 1920s. 1 sits in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Kid.
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A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller
A European immigrant endures a challenging voyage only to get into trouble as soon as he arrives in New York.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell
A derelict, huddled under the steps of a missionary church, feels enlightened by the sermon of a passionate preacher and infatuated by the beauty of the congregation's pianist, in such a way that he tries to improve his life of poverty by becoming a policeman. His first assignment will be to patrol along Easy Street, the turf of a vicious bully and his criminal gang.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell
A bricklayer and his wife clash over his end-of-the-week partying.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Phyllis Allen, Mack Swain

The Tramp is an escaped convict who is mistaken as a pastor in a small town church.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin
The daring convict no. 23, known as The Eel, escapes from prison and, after mocking his inept persecutors, saves the lives of three people in peril: a beautiful girl, her mother and an annoying suitor, only to get exhausted and almost drowned. Once he regains his strength at Judge Brown's home, he participates on an upper-class social party where he competes with the suitor for the favors of the charming Miss Brown. But prison guards are still after him…
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Syd Chaplin
An alcoholic checks into a health spa and his antics promptly throw the establishment into chaos.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell
A tramp tries to earn money by playing the violin, but he’s soon facing off against the jealous competition.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell
At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman
A pawnbroker's assistant deals with his grumpy boss, his annoying co-worker and some eccentric customers as he flirts with the pawnbroker's daughter, until a perfidious crook with bad intentions arrives at the pawnshop.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Henry Bergman, Edna Purviance
After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, James T. Kelley
An overworked farmhand who works also at the adjacent hotel dreams of marrying the village belle.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Henry Bergman
The Little Fellow finds the girl of his dreams and work on a family farm. He helps defend the farm against criminals, and all seems well, until he discovers the girl of his dreams already has someone in her life. Unwilling to be a problem in their lives, he takes to the road, though he is seen skipping and swinging his cane as if happy to be back on the road where he knows he belongs.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ernest Van Pelt
Walking along with his bulldog, Charlie finds a "good luck" horseshoe just as he passes a training camp advertising for a boxing partner "who can take a beating." After watching others lose, Charlie puts the horseshoe in his glove and wins. The trainer prepares Charlie to fight the world champion. A gambler wants Charlie to throw the fight. He and the trainer's daughter fall in love.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Ernest Van Pelt
An impecunious customer creates chaos in a department store while the manager and his assistant plot to steal the money kept in the establishment's safe.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Eric Campbell, Edna Purviance

When Marie St. Clair believes she has been jilted by her artist fiance Jean, she decides to leave for Paris on her own. After spending a year in the city as a mistress of the wealthy Pierre Revel, she is reunited with Jean by chance. This leaves her with the choice between a glamorous life in Paris, and the true love she left behind.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Edna Purviance, Clarence Geldart, Carl Miller
Firefighter Charlie Chaplin is tricked into letting a house burn by an owner who wants to collect on the insurance.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Lloyd Bacon
A father takes his family for an outing, which turns out to be a ridiculous trial.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan
Charlie and his boss have difficulties just getting to the house they are going to wallpaper. The householder is angry because he can't get breakfast and his wife is screaming at the maid as they arrive. The kitchen gas stove explodes, and Charlie offers to fix it. The wife's secret lover arrives and is passed off as the workers' supervisor, but the husband doesn't buy this and fires shots. The stove explodes violently, destroying the house.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Charles Inslee, Edna Purviance
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