Two seasons of magical storytelling, spanning Chaplin’s silent era classics and his later transition into talking pictures.
SILENT FILMS ERA:
This season of films (from 1921 to 1936) shows why Charlie Chaplin remains to this day
the most iconic figure of the silent era of films, with his unique blend of pathos and humor transcending through time.
Presented as beautiful restorations and with soundtracks composed by Chaplin.
The Kid
IN CINEMAS FROM JULY 14
To celebrate its 100th anniversary, Charles Chaplin’s cinematic masterpiece The Kid, newly restored in stunning 4K, is back on the big screen.
Charlie Chaplin’s first full length film gives his iconic and beloved character, the Little Tramp, a new sidekick in the Kid (Jackie Coogan).
The Little Tramp reluctantly rescues a baby abandoned by his mother (Edna Purviance), but soon comes to love him. After a few years, they form a tight father and son bond and make a living together – the Kid breaks windows, the Tramp nonchalantly turns up to repair them. When the boy’s mother reappears on the scene their relationship is put in jeopardy.
One of the first feature films in cinema history to combine comedy and drama, The Kid remains significant, timeless and much loved.
1921 / B&W / Silent / 53’ / in 4k
Musical soundtrack by Charles Chaplin 1971
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance, Lita Grey, Chuck Reisner
COVID has created some changes to our 4K Centenary release of The Kid. We appreciate your patience and will publish updates as available. We’ll do our best to ensure the accuracy of this information, but you should also check your local cinema website
NEW SOUTH WALES – scheduled July screening dates have been cancelled due to the COVID lockdown
Avoca Beach Picture Theatre To be rescheduled
https://www.avocabeachtheatre.com
Hayden Orpheum Cremorne To be rescheduled
https://www.orpheum.com.au
Randwick Ritz To be rescheduled
https://www.ritzcinemas.com.au/movies/the-kid-1921-4k-remastered
Dendy Newtown W/C August 12
https://www.dendy.com.au/movies/the-kid-100th-anniversary
Event Cinemas/BCC/GU
https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/EventsFestivals/CharlieChaplinCollectionSeason1
Event Bondi August 18, 19 & 25
Event Burwood August 19 & 25
Event Campbelltown August 18, 19 & 25
Event Castle Hill August 18, 19 & 25
Event Ed. Square August 19 & 25
Event George St August 19 & 25
Event Glendale August 19 & 25
Event Hornsby August 18, 19 & 25
Event Hurstville August 19 & 25
Event Kotara August 18, 19 & 25
Event Liverpool August 19 & 25
Event Macquarie August 18, 19 & 25
Event Miranda August 18, 19 & 25
Event Parramatta August 19 & 25
Event Top Ryde August 19 & 25
Event Tuggerah August 18, 19 & 25
GU Beverly Hills August 18, 19 & 25
GU Shellharbour August 18, 19 & 25
GU Wollongong August 19 & 25
BCC Coffs Harbour August 19 & 25
BCC Lismore August 19 & 25
AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
Dendy Canberra W/C August 12
https://www.dendy.com.au/movies/the-kid-100th-anniversary
VICTORIA
Scheduled July screening dates may be affected by COVID lockdown
Village Cinemas
Village Knox July 17 & 18
Village Southland July 17 & 18
Village Rivoli July 17 & 18
Classic Cinemas
Classic Elsternwick July 31 & Aug 4
https://www.classiccinemas.com.au/festivals/charlie-chaplin-retrospective
Classic Lido July 31
https://www.lidocinemas.com.au/movies/the-kid-1921-4k-remastered
Cameo Belgrave July 31
https://www.cameocinemas.com.au/movies/the-kid-1921-4k-remastered
The Astor Theatre Aug 1: 15:00, 17:00, 19:15
https://www.astortheatre.net.au/films/the-kid-100th-anniversary
Thornbury Picture House August: session times to be confirmed
https://thornburypicturehouse.com.au/film/st00001446/
QUEENSLAND
Dendy Cinemas
https://www.dendy.com.au/movies/the-kid-100th-anniversary
Dendy Coorparoo W/C August 12
Dendy Portside W/C August 12
Graceville Regal Twin July 14 & 18
https://www.fivestarcinemas.com.au/regal/movie/the-kid
HOTA Home of the Arts July 14 & 17
https://hota.com.au/cinema/the-kid/
Event Cinemas/BCC/GU
https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/EventsFestivals/CharlieChaplinCollectionSeason1
BCC Cairns Earlville August 18, 19 & 25
BCC Capalaba August 18, 19 & 25
BCC Coolangatta August 18, 19 & 25
BCC Mackay North August 19 & 25
BCC Maroochydore August 18, 19 & 25
BCC Morayfield August 19 & 25
BCC Noosa August 18, 19 & 25
BCC Rockhampton North August 19 & 25
BCC Strathpine August 19 & 25
BCC Toombul August 18, 19 & 25
BCC Toowoomba August 19 & 25
BCC Toowoomba Strand August 18, 19 & 25
Event Australia Fair August 19 & 25
Event Brown’s Plains August 19 & 25
Event Cairns Central August 19 & 25
Event Carindale August 19 & 25
Event Chermside August 18, 19 & 25
Event Coomera August 19 & 25
Event Indooroopilly August 18, 19 & 25
Event Kawana August 19 & 25
Event Loganholme August 18, 19 & 25
Event Mt Gravatt August 19 & 25
Event Myer Centre August 19 & 25
Event North Lakes August 18, 19 & 25
Event Pacific Fair August 19 & 25
Event Robina August 18, 19 & 25
Event Smithfield August 19 & 25
Event Springfield August 19 & 25
Event Townsville Central August 19 & 25
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
Event Cinemas/BCC/GU
https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/EventsFestivals/CharlieChaplinCollectionSeason1
Event Marion August 18, 19 & 25
GU Film House Glenelg August 18, 19 & 25
Wallis Cinemas
https://www.wallis.com.au/movie/kid-100th-anniversary
Wallis Mitcham July 22 & 24
Wallis Mt Barker July 22 & 24
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Windsor Cinema July 18 & 23
https://lunapalace.com.au/special-events+4332+charlie-chaplin-collection-the
Event Cinemas/BCC/GU
https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/EventsFestivals/CharlieChaplinCollectionSeason1
Event Innaloo August 18, 19 & 25
Event Whitford August 18, 19 & 25
GU Morley August 19 & 25
Grand Cinemas
https://www.grandcinemas.com.au/Movie/The-Kid-Charlie-Chaplin
Grand Bunbury August 18: session times to be confirmed
Grand Warwick August 18: session times to be confirmed
NORTHERN TERRITORY
Event Cinemas/BCC/GU
https://www.eventcinemas.com.au/EventsFestivals/CharlieChaplinCollectionSeason1
Event Palmerston August 19 & 25
BCC Darwin Casuarina August 19 & 25
FROM JULY 14:
New Plymouth – Event New Plymouth
Wellington – Event Embassy
Palmerston North – Event Palmerston North
Auckland – Monterey Howick
Auckland – The Bridgeway
Tauranga – Rialto Tauranga
Sumner – Hollywood Theatre
Christchurch – Lumière Cinemas
A Woman of Paris
Against the wishes of their tyrannical parents, Jean and Marie decide to elope to Paris. The sudden death of Jean’s father makes it impossible for him to meet her at the station, and Marie heads for Paris alone. A year later, Jean finds her in the arms of a rich and decadent playboy… and tragedy ensues.
Highly acclaimed by filmmakers from Lubitsch to Scorsese, this brilliant yet subtle Parisian fresco reveals the dramatic genius of the King of Comedy.
1923 / B&W / Silent / 81’ / in 2k
Musical soundtrack by Charles Chaplin 1976
Cast: Edna Purviance, Adolphe Menjou, Carl Miller
The Circus
The Little Tramp is hired by a circus and soon becomes the main attraction when his comedic blunders drive the crowd wild. Having fallen in love with the ringmaster’s daughter, he doesn’t even realize he is the show’s main feature. In this high-flying comedy, we are quickly caught up in Chaplin’s whirlwind of gags, where even the acrobats and clowns watch his show- stopping stunts from the sidelines.
1928 / B&W / Silent / 72’ / in 4k
Musical soundtrack by Charles Chaplin 1968
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Merna Kennedy, Allan Garcia, Harry Crocker, Henry Bergman, Stanley J. Sandford
City Lights
Wandering the city streets, the Little Tramp happens upon a blind flower girl who mistakes him for a rich man. The Tramp later saves a drunken millionaire who is attempting to drown himself in the river. The millionaire becomes his best friend. That is, until he sobers up and no longer recognizes the Tramp…
In City Lights, friendship and social ranking are not always as they seem. We enter a world of a disenchanted bourgeoisie, where a tramp is king and a blind girl, queen…
1931 / B&W / Silent / 87’ / in 2k
Musical soundtrack by Charles Chaplin 1931
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill, Florence Lee, Harry Myers, Allan Garcia, Hank Mann
Modern Times
Subjected to the infernal production rate of the factory, a model worker suddenly has a nervous breakdown and goes mad. From hospital, to prison, to unemployment, the Little Tramp gets caught up in the sprockets and cogs of modern industrialization. That is, until he comes across a beautiful orphaned gamine, whom he helps escape from the police. How to break free from the constraints of modern life? Chaplin provides a critical look at productivity in the early 20th century… and well beyond!
1936 / B&W / Silent / 87’ / in 2k
Music and sound effects by Charles Chaplin 1936
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Henry Bergman
TALKING PICTURES ERA:
Although Charlie Chaplin famously resisted the move to “talkies”, The Great Dictator gave audiences not only their first opportunity to hear Chaplin talk, but also deliver one of the most significant monologues in cinema history.
This film launches our 2nd season of Chaplin masterpieces (with films from 1940 -1957), and shows Chaplin breaking free from the confines of the studio system, unafraid to express his political views, taking brave paths and cementing his status as one of cinema’s most beloved geniuses.
TALKING PICTURES ERA:
Although Charlie Chaplin famously resisted the move to “talkies”, The Great Dictator gave audiences not only their first opportunity to hear Chaplin talk, but also deliver one of the most significant monologues in cinema history.
This film launches our 2nd season of Chaplin masterpieces (with films from 1940 -1957), and shows Chaplin breaking free from the confines of the studio system, unafraid to express his political views, taking brave paths and cementing his status as one of cinema’s most beloved geniuses.
The Great Dictator
A barber wounded during the First World War returns home after 20 years within hospital walls. His shop has grown full of cobwebs and dust, but it is the hateful graffiti on his shop window that takes him totally by surprise. Hynkel, the tyrannical dictator, and his henchmen persecute the barber, as well as the rest of the Jewish community, including the beautiful Hannah…
A visionary satire that marked history, just as history itself left its mark on the film.
1940 / B&W / 125’ / in 2k
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie, Reginald Gardiner, Henry Daniell, Billy Gilbert, Grace Hayle
The Gold Rush
A calm and content Little Tramp seeks his fortune in the hidden gold mines of the Klondike. All calm is quickly lost, however, when another prospector, just as famished as he is, begins mistaking him for a giant chicken. In this world where shoe laces become spaghetti and bread rolls become ballet shoes, Chaplin, the alchemist, turns gold into poetry.
1942 / B&W / 72’ / in 2k
Music and narration by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Mack Swain, Georgia Hale, Henry Bergman, Tom Murray, Malcolm Waite
Monsieur Verdoux
Inspired by notorious French serial killer Landru, Henri Verdoux lures wealthy women by promising them sweet happy-everafters. After the wedding bells chime, however, he murders them for their fortunes. In this particularly dark comedy, Chaplin questions our perception of evil: isn’t this refined criminal a mere amateur compared to weapons suppliers and dictators? We stand ready to condemn a murderer, but when war victims are counted in millions, we celebrate a hero!
1947 / B&W / 124’ / in 2k
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom, Marilyn Nash, Robert Lewis, Mady Correll
Limelight
A once famous music hall star saves a young ballerina from suicide. He nurtures her back to health and helps her regain her self-esteem so that she may return to the stage.
In this film Chaplin intimately and poignantly explores the twilight years of glory: what it means to be forgotten, to despair, and how to gather the strength to overcome. Chaplin also offers Buster Keaton a highly memorable appearance in their musical duet.
1952 / B&W / 137’ / in 2k
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Martha Raye, Isobel Elsom, Marilyn Nash, Robert Lewis, Mady Correll
A King in New York
Fleeing revolution in his country, a European monarch seeks refuge in 1950s New York City. His corrupt Prime Minister having left him penniless, King Shahdov even stars in TV commercials to fund his living expenses. Meeting a boy whose parents are being persecuted by the House Committee on Un- American Activities, he takes the homeless ten-year old under his wing, but soon after is summoned to his own HUAC hearing. Hilarious mayhem ensues, but the boy’s fate is not quite as carefree.
1957 / B&W / 105’ / in 2k
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Dawn Addams, Michael Chaplin, Maxine Audley, Jerry Desmonde, Oliver Johnston
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