The Immigrant - 1917 (Vivaldi | HD): Starring Edna Purviance & Chaplin

The Immigrant (Vivaldi | HD) is a 1917 American silent romantic comedy short written and directed by Charlie Chaplin, starring Edna Purviance, Chaplin and Eric Campbell. Charlie Chaplin’s silent movie depicts the story of two European immigrants’ journey to the United States. The 24-minute film was made at a time of increasing anti-immigrant prejudice, decades after a record number of Eastern European Jews, Italians, Greeks, Armenians, and others made their way to the United States. The film first shows the misfortunes of an unnamed immigrant (Chaplin) on board a steamship on his way to America, where he meets the love of his life, represented by the beautiful actress Edna Purviance.

"Olga Edna Purviance (October 21, 1895 – January 13, 1958) was an American actress of the silent film era. She was the leading lady in many of Charlie Chaplin's early films and in a span of eight years, she appeared in over 30 films with him. Her name was pronounced "pur-VIE-unce" as verified by Chaplin in his spoken narration of one of his films." Wikipedia

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