Classics in the Browning
The Immigrant (1917)
Directed by Charlie Chaplin
With Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell
Not Rated, 23 minutes
Sherlock Jr. (1924)
Directed by Buster Keaton
With Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton
Not Rated, 45 minutes
A double shot of Silent-Era classics from two titans who significantly shaped both comedy and, broadly, how films tell stories. The Immigrant utilizes Chaplin's Tramp character, who here is arriving in the United States as an immigrant, but a hiccup arises when he is accused of robbery while crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Sherlock Jr. follows a projectionist (Buster Keaton) who longs to be the next Sherlock Holmes. Similarly to Chaplin's Tramp, the projectionist is incorrectly fingered as the perpetrator of a theft, and he must flex his amateur detective skills to win his freedom.
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**Sponsored by the Meg and John P. Brogan Endowment for Classic Cinema.