British distributors Curzon Artificial Eye will release on Blu-ray
The Charlie Chaplin Collection. The eleven-disc box set will be available for purhchase on November 9.
The Kid
This tear-jerking classic was Chaplin's first feature, and launched the 'kid' of the title, Jackie Coogan, into child stardom. Chaplin plays a tramp who raises an abandoned child among the slums, always fighting the police and other agencies who want to take the boy into care.
The Circus
Charlie Chaplin's Tramp finds refuge from the law with the circus and falls in love with the owner's step-daughter. Some of the most famous sequences include chases through a hall of mirrors, and Chaplin trapped in a lion's cage and running along a tightrope with his trousers falling down. This film won a Special Academy Award for Chaplin.
The Gold Rush
Charlie Chaplin's silent classic features him as a hapless pan-handler drawn to Klondike in the famous gold rush of 1898. Pursued by thuggish prospectors and falling hopelessly in love, the Little Tramp runs through a number of classic comedy routines, including a Thanksgiving meal consisting of an old boot and laces.
City Lights
Charlie Chaplin's 'little tramp' falls in love with a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill) and befriends a drunken millionaire (Harry Meyers). He takes on odd jobs to pay for an operation to return the flower girl's sight but gets the bulk of the money from the millionaire, whose life he has saved. When sober, however, the millionaire accuses the tramp of stealing the money and he is sent to prison.
The Great Dictator
The rise of Nazism is spoofed in this 1940 film, in which an amnesiac Jewish barber is mistaken for the dictator of Tomania, Adenoid Hynkel (both played by Chaplin). Paulette Goddard, Jack Oakie and Reginald Gardiner co-star.
Modern Times
Charlie Chaplin's last appearance as The Tramp was made as a silent film despite sound having been used for several years (there are a few scenes with sound). It is an attack on the lack of humanity in modern industry and shows the tramp's struggle with factory machinery, poverty and starvation in the Depression years. With Paulette Goddard.
Limelight
Chaplin wrote, directed, scored and starred in this semi-autobiographical film. A music hall veteran rescues a young dancer, (Claire Bloom) from suicide, helps her career and watches her rise to stardom, just as he is being forgotten.
The Chaplin Revue
Seven Charlie Chaplin movies made between 1918 and 1923. Included are such touchstones as 'Shoulder Arms' (1918) - his popular portrayal of World War I trench life, 'The Idle Class' (1921) - skewering the rich, 'The Pilgrim' (1923) - lampooning small-town hypocrisy, and the charming and hilarious views of family life and romance in 'A Dog's Life' (1918), 'A Day's Pleasure' (1919), 'Sunnyside' (1919) and 'Pay Day' (1922).
A King in New York
Charlie Chaplin writes, directs and stars in this satirical comedy. When a revolution breaks out in his home country of Estrovia, King Igor Shadov (Chaplin) ventures west to New York City. With no money, the king is forced to partake in some commercial advertisements and becomes a television sensation. But after he achieves fame as a celebrity, Igor is accused of being a communist by the American government and is forced to profess his innocence to the House Committee on Un-American Activities
A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
Silent romantic drama from Charlie Chaplin. Marie St. Clair (Edna Purviance) plans to leave for Paris with her fiancé Jean Millet (Carl Miller) so they can be married. But when events conspire to keep the artist away from the train station Marie embarks upon the journey to the capital alone. Once there, she quickly settles down to life as the mistress of successful businessman Pierre Revel (Adolphe Menjou), enjoying all the luxuries his wealth can offer. But while out one night in the city, she accidentally meets her former fiancé Jean and the pair resume their romance, forcing Marie to choose between her two very different suitors.
Monsieur Verdoux
Charlie Chaplin wrote and directed this Oscar-nominated black comedy, in which he plays a family man who supports his wife and child by courting rich widows and murdering them. Eventually he is caught and tried for mass murder. On its release the film found little favour with audiences, who were uneasy with its satirical, anti-war subtext. Later, in light of the popularity of films such as 'Dr Strangelove', Chaplin's film was re-assessed and is now considered to be one of his best.