The Adventurer (1917)
USA
Short Film
Writer/Director: Charles Chaplin
Cinematographer: Roland Totheroh
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin
An escaped convict manages to swim to freedom, and along the way saves a beautiful, drowning heiress, her father, and her potential suitor, and succeeds in wangling himself an invitation to their swanky home, where love begins to blossom, much to the chagrin of her other admirer, in Chaplin’s mildly entertaining short film that just about manages to survive a few tedious moments – but it’s generally (relatively) rather uninventive stuff. Iain.Stott
