A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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How to Make Movies
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Charles Chaplin

Cast: Charles Chaplin [himself], Edna Purviance [herself], Albert Austin [the genie], Nellie Bly Baker [herself, the secretary], Henry Bergman [a gag man], Eric Campbell [the golfer], Tom Harrington [himself, the valet], Loyal Underwood

Charles Chaplin production. / Scenario by Charles Chaplin. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was shot under the First National contract but never released. Kevin Brownlow and David Gill edited together a version of the film in 1982.

Documentary-Comedy.

Survival status: Print exists [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 20 December 2023.

References: Film viewing : ClasIm-220 p. C8 : Website-IMDb.

Home video: DVD.