Screened as part of NZIFF 2016

Easy Street 1917

Directed by Charlie Chaplin

In Easy Street, Chaplin’s tramp happily steals from the mission – until love strikes.
Easy Street is an exquisite short comedy, humour encapsulated in the regular rhythms of light verse.” — Walter Kerr, The Silent Clowns

USA In English
19 minutes B&W / DCP

Director/Editor

Restored in 2012 by Cineteca di Bologna, Lobster Films and David Shepard at L'Immagine Ritrovata laboratory.

In Easy Street, Chaplin’s tramp happily steals from the mission – until love strikes.

Easy Street is an exquisite short comedy, humour encapsulated in the regular rhythms of light verse.” — Walter Kerr, The Silent Clowns