The Kid
The Pawnshop
1921 | NR | 68 min | Comedy, Family | DCP
Charlie Chaplin was already an international star through the popularity of his short films, when he made his first full-length feature. The Kid proved that he was a serious film director—it remains an expressive masterwork of silent cinema. Chaplin stars as his lovable Tramp, raising an orphan (a remarkable young Jackie Coogan) he rescued from the streets. Chaplin and Coogan make a miraculous pair in this film for all ages, a nimble blend of sentiment and slapstick that is, as its opening title card states, “a picture with a smile—and perhaps, a tear.” It will be preceded by The Pawnshop (1916, 26 mins.), one of his greatest short films, in which he plays a clerk in a pawnshop.
INCLUDING LIVE ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT BY BEN MODEL
About Ben Model
Ben Model is one of the nation’s leading silent film accompanists, performing on both piano and theatre organ. Over the past 44 years, he has created and performed thousands of live scores for silent films at universities, museums, and historic theaters, and is one of the few exponents of this craft who is working at it full-time. Ben is a resident film accompanist at the Museum of Modern Art (NY) and at the Library of Congress’ Packard Campus Theatre, and he accompanies silents at classic film festivals around the USA and internationally. Ben’s Blu-ray/DVD label Undercrank Productions works with archives and collectors to bring undiscovered gems of silent cinema to fans. Ben is a Visiting Professor of Film at Wesleyan University. His book The Silent Film Universe was published earlier this year. Copies will be available for sale and signing at this screening
Director: Charlie Chaplin
Writers: Charlie Chaplin, Vincent Bryan, Maverick Terrell