Chaplin's Essanay Comedies 109 years old

Charlie Chaplin

In late 1914, Charlie Chaplin was paid the then-unprecedented salary of $1,250 per week (with a bonus of $10,000) in exchange for signing a one-year contract with the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. The resulting 14 films he created for Essanay find Chaplin further experimenting with new cinematic techniques, while continuing to add complexities and pathos into his celebrated Little Tramp character, soon to become immortalized as the face, hat, and mustache of modern screen comedy. Essanay and Mutual were Chaplin’s laboratory and he later would borrow heavily from the films he created there to craft the masterworks The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) for which he is best known and for which he always will be remembered.

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Chaplin's Essanay Comedies Cast

Name	Character
Charlie Chaplin He was 25, 88 years old when he died
Edna Purviance She was 19, 62 years old when she died
Ben Turpin He was 45, 70 years old when he died

Chaplin's Essanay Comedies Crew

Name	Department
Charlie Chaplin as Director. He was 25 (88) years old when He died	Directing