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Easy Street
Also known as Charlot policeman in France
(1917) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin [the derelict], Edna Purviance [the mission worker], Eric Campbell [the neighborhood bully], Leota Bryan [the bully’s wife], Albert Austin [the minster; and a policeman], Henry Bergman [the anarchist], Loyal Underwood [a father of many children], Charlotte Mineau [a mother of many children], Lloyd Bacon [a drug addict], William Gillespie [a drug addict], Leo White [a policeman], Tom Wood [a policeman], John Rand [a mission attendee; and a policeman], James T. Kelley [a mission attendee; and a policeman], Frank J. Coleman [a mission attendee], Janet Miller Sully [a mission attendee], Erich von Stroheim Jr. [a baby]
Lone Star Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Charles Chaplin. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh and W.C. Foster. / Released 22 January 1917. / The production was shot at the Lone Star Studio in Hollywood. The film was rereleased in the USA by Chaplin Classics, Incorporated, circa 1922.
Comedy.
Survival status: Prints exist in the film holdings of Ken Winokur (Paul Killiam collection) [35mm nitrate positive (M121778)] [35mm positive]; and in private film collections [16mm reduction positives, 8mm reduction positives].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Bullies - Lamp posts - Police: Beat cops, Helmets, Policemen - Street scenes
Listing updated: 5 December 2024.
References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 120, 121, 218; Bohn-Light pp. xxi, 70; Everson-American pp. 243, 265, 369; Fell-History pp. 97, 98; FilmYearBook-1923 p. 198; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 50d, 53, 70, 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 64, 89, 95-96, 97, 102, 166; Lahue-World p. 67; McGhee-Wayne p. 111; Reilly-Lloyd p. 18; Shipman-Cinema p. 61; Sinyard-Silent pp. 102, 103; Sklar-Movie pp. 113, 114 : Website-IMDb.
Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.
Streaming: Amazon.
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