Henry Bergman’s Typical Vibe
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Henry Bergman has 18 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1910s through the 1930s. 3 sit in the Top 1% of all titles we track — including The Kid.
Recurring themes

A bumbling tramp desires to build a home with a young woman, yet is thwarted time and time again by his lack of experience and habit of being in the wrong place at the wrong time...
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman

A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee

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 gold prospector in Alaska struggles to survive the elements and win the heart of a dance hall girl.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Mack Swain, Tom Murray

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy

as Fat Unemployed Man / Dance-Hall Lady (uncredited)
The Tramp and his dog companion struggle to survive in the inner city.
Dir. Charlie Chaplin · With Charlie Chaplin, Dave Anderson, Bert Appling
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

as Judge Brown - The Father / Docker
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

as Fat Whiskered German Soldier / The Kaiser's General / Bartender
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

as Sleeping Hobo / Guest in Cop Uniform (uncredited)
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

as Mrs. Stout / guest served brush and rag
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

as Villager and Edna's Father (uncredited)
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
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
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