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Charles Chaplin.
Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Pilgrim
Also known as El reverendo caradura (The Shameless Preacher) in Argentina; Le Pèlerin in France
(1923) United States of America
B&W : Four reels
Directed by Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin [the pilgrim, also known as Lefty Lombard], Edna Purviance [the girl], Kitty Bradbury [Mrs. Brown, the girl’s mother], Mack Swain [the tall deacon], Loyal Underwood [the short deacon], Charles Riesner [Howard Huntington, the crook], Dinky Dean (Dean Riesner) [the punching child], Henry Bergman [the sheriff on the train; a bartender; and a man at the train station], Tom Murray [Sheriff Bryan], Mai Wells [the little boy’s mother], Sydney Chaplin [the eloper; the train conductor; and the little boy’s father], Cecille Evans [the eloper], S.D. Wilcox [the eloper’s father], Frank Antunez [a bandit], Joe Van Meter [a bandit], Monta Bell [a policeman], Frank Liscomb [the ticket seller], Joe Anderson [a roulette player], William Carey [a roulette player], Paul Mertz [a roulette player], Phyllis Allen [a congregation member], Sarah Barrows [a congregation member], Edith Bostwick [a congregation member], George Bradford [a congregation member], George Carruthers [a congregation member], Donnabelle Custer [a congregation member], Marion Davies [a congregation member], Laddie Earle [a congregation member], J. Espan [a congregation member], Callie Frey [a congregation member], Della Glowner [a congregation member], Lee Glowner [a congregation member], Theresa Gray [a congregation member], F.F. Guenste [a congregation member], Charles Hafler [a congregation member], Mary Hamlett [a congregation member], Cecile Harcourt [a congregation member], Martha Harris [a congregation member], Anna Hicks [a congregation member], Harry Hicks [a congregation member], Carl Jensen [a congregation member], Mrs. C. Johnson [a congregation member], Ethel Kennedy [a congregation member], Emily Lamont [a congregation member], Florence Latimer [a congregation member], Agnes Lynch [a congregation member], Paul Mason [a congregation member], Jack McCredie [a congregation member], Beth Nagel [a congregation member], Catherine Parrish [a congregation member], Mildred Pitts [a congregation member], Tom Ray [a congregation member], Carlyle Robinson [a congregation member], Edna Rowe [a congregation member], Georgia Sherart [a congregation member], Mabel Shoulters [a congregation member], James J. Smith [a congregation member], Robert Traughbur [a congregation member], Louis Troester [a congregation member], Rose Wheeler [a congregation member], Paul Wilkins [a congregation member], S.W. Williams [a congregation member], H. Wolfinger [a congregation member], Mickey Daniels [the sniffing boy in the congregation], Raymond Lee [a boy in the congregation]
Charles Chaplin production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated. / Produced by Charles Chaplin. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Art direction by Charles D. Hall. Seamstress, Mother Vinot. Associate director, Charles Riesner. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh. Second camera operator, Jack Wilson. Film editor, Charles Chaplin. / Released 25 February 1923. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Chaplin’s last short film and the final release under the eight film First National contract.
Comedy.
Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Children - Crime: Robbery - Escapes: Escaped convicts, Escaped prisoners, Fugitives - Impersonation - Mexican-US border - Police: Sheriffs - Religion: Deacons, Ministers, Sermons - Railroads: Railroad stations - Swimming - Transportation: Train stations
Listing updated: 27 April 2025.
References: Film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 119, 214, 217-218, 295, 296, 331; Barnard-Argentine p. 129; Bohn-Light p. 99; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 68, 70, 72, 74, 82c, 84, 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 8, 74, 78, 88, 163, 176, 178-180, 189; Lahue-World pp. 148, 149; Robinson-Chaplin pp. 727-728; Schuchman-Hollywood p. 39; Sherwood-Best pp. xvii, 182; Sinyard-Silent pp. 104, 105; Sklar-Movie pp. 112, 114, 116; Sweeney-Coming pp. 36, 58 : ClasIm-220 p. C6.
Home video: DVD.
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