The Adventurer (1917)

Cautiously Recommended

USA

Short Film

Writer/Director: Charles Chaplin

Cinematographer: Roland Totheroh

Cast: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Eric Campbell, Henry Bergman, Albert Austin

An escaped convict manages to swim to freedom, and along the way saves a beautiful, drowning heiress, her father, and her potential suitor, and succeeds in wangling himself an invitation to their swanky home, where love begins to blossom, much to the chagrin of her other admirer, in Chaplin’s mildly entertaining short film, which just about manages to survive a few tedious moments – but it’s generally (relatively) rather uninventive stuff. Iain.Stott