12 short comedies by Charlie Chaplin, created by him for the studio Muchwell. According to the contract, Chaplin undertook to shoot one 2-part per month and more or less kept the deadlines. These films are the flourishing point and the greatest fullness of Chaplin's creativity in a perfectly balanced aesthetics. This is not yet the sad Charlie from "The Kid" and "City Lights", but not the clown from the Keystone films and not the symbolic puppet from the Essen films. He still loves kicking, but his character is more realistic, more human - he can be sad, he falls in love, he can be rich and drunk as a lord, he is a salesman or a wandering musician, a policeman, an immigrant, an escaped prisoner ... In short, a vivid character that evokes an emotional response in us.

Year of issue: 1916-1917
Country: USA
Genre: Comedy
Total duration: 05:19:02 (~ 26 minutes x 12)
Intertitles : English
Translation: Subtitles
Subtitles: Russian ( DarLeg , 7ime 7raveller)
Audio tracks:
1) Orchestral music
2) chamber music
3) piano accompaniment
4) commentary in English

Director: Charles Chaplin

In 1916, when Chaplin asked Essanay Studios for $ 150,000 in cash to sign a new contract, Essanay did not agree. Then Chaplin went to his brother Sydney, who considered all received job offers from other film companies. The most favorable conditions were offered by Mutual.

And then the solemn signing of the contract followed. Charlie Chaplin was photographed upon receipt of the check. He was standing in the crowd in Times Square that evening when the letters ran on the lights of the Times Square building: "Chaplin signs a contract with Mutual for $ 670,000 a year."
“During this time, such changes have occurred in my life that I have already lost the ability to worry,” said the artist.

Chaplin's first film, Department Store Controller, shot at Mutual (here Charlie is a department store employee) was a big hit. Soon, he got involved in work and every month released one comedy in two parts: "Fireman", "Wanderer", "At one o'clock in the morning", "Count", "The Moneylender's Shop", "Behind the Screen" ...

“Perhaps the work in“ Mutual ”was the happiest period of my creative life,” the actor wrote. - I was twenty-seven years old, I was not burdened with any worries, and the future promised to be fabulous. Soon I was supposed to be a millionaire - it all sounded a little like nonsense. Money flowed like a river ... Undoubtedly, success changes everything in a person's life. When I was introduced to someone, the new interlocutor invariably looked at me with great interest. Although I was only an upstart, my opinion took on a lot of weight. "

Add. Information : Rips from the source BFI. All films have several (from 2 to 4) musical scores by different authors. Everywhere the first stream is the orchestral music of Karl Davis (DTS core). Almost everywhere the second stream is chamber music, and the third is piano accompaniment. Exceptions are the film "Hour of the Night", where there are only two musical accompaniments, and the film "The Immigrant", where there are four muses. tracks. The second stream added to the film "Immigrant" (to all others present on BluRay) muses. accompaniment by Michael D. Mortilla taken from DVD (no compression). The commentary in English is the very last track.

Sample : https:///i/EdwdAcBqmcij5
Quality: BDRip 720p
Container: MKV
Video: x264, crf, L4.1, 960x720, 23.976 fps, ~ 11900-18000 kbps [by CtrlHD ]
Audio 1: DTS, 768 kbps, 48 ​​khz, 16 bit - Orchestral score by Carl Davis
Audio 2: AC3, 256, 48 khz, 16 bit - Chamber music score
Audio 3: AC3, 192, 48 khz, 16 bit - Piano score
Audio 4: AC3, 192 , 48 khz, 16 bit - Commentary (in english)
Subtitle format: softsub (SRT)