The Bond Movie

The Bond
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Run Time: 10 min
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Released: 1918
Directors: Charles Chaplin
Genre/Type: Comedy Drama
Propaganda Film
Producers: Charles Chaplin
Plot Synopsis by Phil Posner
This short promotional film Charlie Chaplin made for the U.S. Liberty Loan bond campaign was shot in a few days during the shooting of Shoulder Arms. Using rather stark, expressionistic sets and props, it tells the story of the various types of bonds between people. The bond of friendship, shows Chaplin meeting friend Albert Austin who tells him jokes, borrows money, then invites him for a drink with the money he's borrowed. The bond of love is represented by Charlie and Edna, who are struck by cupid's arrows and soon enter into the bond of matrimony. But the "most important of all" is the Liberty Bond. Edna is Miss Liberty, threatened by the Kaiser who has subdued a soldier in uniform. Charlie is seen buying bonds from Uncle Sam who gives the money in turn to a worker, who gives guns to a soldier and sailor. Finally, Charlie KOs the Kaiser with a mallet inscribed "Liberty Bonds" and extorts the audience to help the cause.

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Cast

Actors Character Born
Henry Bergman John Bull
Dorothy Rosher Cupid
Sidney Chaplin The Kaiser Mar 17, 1885 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Edna Purviance Herself Oct 21, 1894 in Lovelock, Paradise Valley, NV
Charles Chaplin Himself Apr 16, 1889 in London, England

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