where ping writes words
Release Date:
March 26, 1914
Studio:
Keystone
Director:
George Nichols
Also Starring:
Minta Durfee
Chester Conklin
Eva Nelson
Tramp:
No
Worth Watching?
Not really
I showed [A Woman of the Sea] exactly once at one theater … and that was the end of that. The film was promptly returned to Mr Chaplin’s vaults and no one has ever seen it again.
Josef von Sternberg, Fun in a Chinese Laundry
Release Date:
March 16, 1914
Studio:
Keystone
Director:
George Nichols
Also Starring:
Roscoe Arbuckle
Peggy Pearce
Tramp:
Yes
Worth Watching?
No
The moment we met we ignited; it was mutual, and my heart sang. How romantic were those morning’s turning up fro work with the anticipation of seeing her each day.
Chaplin, My Autobiography
Release Date:
March 9, 1914
Studio:
Keystone
Director:
Mack Sennett
Also Starring:
Roscoe Arbuckle
Ford Sterling
Minta Durfee
Tramp:
I don’t think so
Worth Watching?
Nope
Keystone comedies directed by Sennett are perhaps the best examples of the studio’s true vision. Tango Tangles is particularly boorish and violent, while the characters are merely one-dimensional caricatures. Oddly enough, this is precisely the brilliance behind many of the best Keystone comedies.
James Neibaur, Early Charlie Chaplin: The Artist as Apprentice at Keystone Studios