The Pilgrim

1923

Comedy / Western

5
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 76% · 250 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 6156 6.2K

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Director

Charles Chaplin Photo
Charles Chaplin

Top cast

Mickey Daniels Photo
Mickey Daniels as Sniffling Kid in Church
Charles Chaplin Photo
Charles Chaplin as The Pilgrim
Loyal Underwood Photo
Loyal Underwood as Small Deacon
Edna Purviance Photo
Edna Purviance as The Girl
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360.77 MB
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English 2.0
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25 fps
12 hr 39 min
Seeds 15
669.56 MB
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English 2.0
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25 fps
12 hr 39 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Spondonman 8 / 10

A second class classic

I've only seen this as the 40 minute reissue with Matt Monroe warbling Chaplin's song 'Bound for Texas' all the way through it. There's nothing at all wrong with the tune or the singing, except that it comes on too often and makes you realise just how ordinary the rest of the score is. Maybe the DVD's better - maybe!The film itself is a pleasure, not a joy, but it does have some typically wonderful Chaplin moments in it: The jig with the collection-boxes, the cake/hat, the sticking on his chin of the little 'beard' to make him look tough (what an expression he put on as well!) The reissue moves swiftly along, and you're borne with it until you sadly realise that it's over - too fast. Personally, the storyline is too thin and the gags though numerous are just too disparate and inconsequential to put this amongst his very best, but on a good second level. Charlie's maturer and lesser efforts like this are still towering achievements in comparison with most of his contemporaries and successors best.
Reviewed by planktonrules 8 / 10

better than average fare from Chaplin

Reviewed by Cineanalyst 7 / 10

Good for the Soul

Chaplin originally planned "The Pilgrim" as a two-reel short, but it expanded to a four-reel feature. When comparing it to his films at Mutual or before, it's evident how far Chaplin had come with his First National pictures: he took his time elaborating and extending fewer gags and set pieces and in developing the plot and characters. His First National films may not always be as continually uproarious as his Mutual ones, but they are, I think, more satisfying and affecting."The Kid", deservedly his most beloved First National release, greatly strained Chaplin's relationship with the distributors. He would leave yet another company to continue in his evermore-ambitious efforts. Jeffrey Vance, in "Chaplin: Genius of the Cinema", makes an interesting observation: he points out that Chaplin plays an escaped prisoner in both his last Mutual film, "The Adventurer", and in this film, his last First National release. They both reflect the filmmaker's escape from confining contracts.There's some light satire on a religious community and parody of Westerns, and Chaplin gets plenty of mileage out of the common mistaken identity device. I didn't find any of the gags particularly memorable, but the hilarity is sustained throughout the film. "The Pilgrim" is, as religion can be, uplifting.
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