Shoulder Arms
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Shoulder Arms (1918)
Production
Director
Scenario
Composer
Producer
Actors
Charlie Chaplin
Doughboy
Edna Purviance
The Girl
Syd Chaplin
Charlie's Comrade / The Kaiser
Loyal Underwood
Short German Officer
Henry Bergman
Fat Whiskered German Soldier / The Kaiser's General / Bartender
Tom Wilson
Dumb German Wood-Cutter
Albert Austin
American Soldier / Clean Shaven German Soldier / Bearded German Soldier
Jack Wilson
Crown Prince
Short description
An American doughboy, stationed in France during the Great War, goes on a daring mission behind enemy lines and becomes a hero.
What's left behind the scenes
- The German soldiers in the film wear Prussian 'Pickelhaube' helmets, model of 1842, although in 1916 the German army began transitioning to the M16 steel helmet, model of 1916.
- The helmets of the American soldiers in the film are styled after the Tramp's bowler hat. At the time, the US Army was equipped with M1917 helmets – model of 1917. They were almost completely identical to the British MkI helmet.
- The German patrol in the film is armed with a Lewis light machine gun, adopted by the US Army in 1917.
- Charlie Chaplin's older brother, Sydney Chaplin, played the roles of the Kaiser and the American sergeant.
- The film was shot during World War I.
- Production of the film began on May 27, 1918, and ended on September 16, 1918.
- Chaplin planned to film in five parts. The beginning was to depict "home life", the middle — "war", and the end — a "banquet" at which all the monarchs of Europe honored the Tramp for capturing the Kaiser. The "home life" section was filmed, and filming of the "banquet" began, but it was not included in the film.
- "Shoulder Arms" is Chaplin's second silent film made for First National Pictures.
Auditions in India
Casting calls in USA
Castingi w Polsce
Кастинги в Україні
