Shoulder Arms
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Shoulder Arms is a 1918 silent comedy film written, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, in which he satirizes military life and World War I.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shoulder Arms canonical | 3 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | silent comedy film ⓘ |
| composer | (various, for later reissue scores) ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| director | Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | First National Exhibitors’ Circuit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | silent film era ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Doughboy (played by Charlie Chaplin) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmFormat |
black-and-white
ⓘ
silent ⓘ |
| followedBy | Sunnyside NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| follows | A Dog’s Life NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBlackAndWhiteVersion | yes ⓘ |
| hasFilmPoster | Shoulder Arms theatrical poster ⓘ |
| hasGenre |
comedy film
ⓘ
war film ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalContext | produced during World War I ⓘ |
| hasIntertitlesLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasNarrativeDevice | dream sequence ending ⓘ |
| hasSetting |
German-occupied territory
ⓘ
World War I Western Front NERFINISHED ⓘ trenches ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
anti-war satire
ⓘ
heroism and fantasy ⓘ military parody ⓘ |
| includedIn | Charlie Chaplin film retrospectives ⓘ |
| isChaplinMutualOrFirstNationalPeriod | First National period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadActorRole | Charlie Chaplin as an inept but heroic soldier ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation | soldier ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Chaplin’s first full war comedy
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early cinematic satire of World War I ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Silent film ⓘ |
| partOfFilmographyOf | Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
capture of the Kaiser
ⓘ
spy mission behind enemy lines ⓘ trench warfare ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Charles Chaplin Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1918-10-20 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1918 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 36 ⓘ |
| satirizes |
World War I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
military life ⓘ |
| starring | Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| writer | Charlie Chaplin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.