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Early Chaplin shorts to screen at the State Library of NSW

Charlie Chaplin.

This Sunday February 7, the State Library of NSW and Australia's Silent Film Festival will commemorate the 102nd Anniversary of Charlie Chaplin’s first film release with a screening of three of his early shorts.

The session features HD restorations of three 1915 shorts, with live music from one of Australia’s leading silent film accompanists, Mauro Colombis.

In 1914, Chaplin signed a one-year contract with the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company. He made fourteen films for for Essanay, three of which will screen at the State Library's Metcalfe Auditorium: His New Job, A Night Out and The Champion.

More information can be found here.

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