"Actor: Chaplin"

• City Lights | Blu Ray | (15/11/2010) from £24.28   |  Saving you £-4.29 (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Made in 1931 shortly after the introduction of the talkies, Charlie Chaplin's City Lights is nonetheless near-silent. Chaplin was afraid that, should his universally known and beloved Tramp speak onscreen, he would be severely limited and compromised as a character. And so, City Lights is billed as "pantomime", a piece of cinema harking back to the manners and methods of an already defunct era. Chaplin fell out of fashion towards the end of the 20th century as a new wave of comedians (Rowan Atkinson for one) castigated him for what they saw as his excessive, maudlin sentimentality. Certainly, City Lights--which sees Chaplin's Tramp befriended by a blind flower girl who mistakes him for a rich benefactor--is hokum indeed. Accepting this, however, what makes the film so marvellous is the deceptive skill and artistry of Chaplin the filmmaker, the immaculate timing and acrobatic grace of his seemingly slapstick comedy, in particular a justly famous boxing sequence. Chaplin's sparing use of sound is inventive also: the wordless waffle of public speakers in the opening scene and another in which the tramp swallows a whistle. Moreover, the conclusion, in which the dishevelled Tramp encounters again the flower girl, her eyesight restored is--sentimentality notwithstanding--one of the most moving and superbly executed scenes in cinema history, not least for its economy and restraint. On the DVD: City Lights contains a generous package of extras on this two-disc set, including an introduction by David Robinson, in which he relates how poorly Chaplin and his leading lady Virginia Cherrill got on, an extended documentary/interview with Peter Lord (partner in animation to Nick Parks), who sings the praises of Chaplin's screen art, and a deleted scene, an immaculate piece of business involving a grate and a stick. There's a bonus in the form of an excerpt from 1915's The Champion, in which Chaplin prefigures the boxing scene from City Lights. Meanwhile, the "documents" section includes a wealth of behind-the-scenes footage, including a test screening for alternative actress Georgia Hale, rehearsal shots, chaotic scenes of Chaplin being mobbed in Vienna, a meeting with Winston Churchill and 1918 footage of Chaplin horsing around with famous boxers of the day including Benny Leonard. It also contains trailers, photo gallery and subtitles. On the first disc, the film's transfer to DVD is splendid. --David Stubbs

• Killer Barbys | DVD | (10/03/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

• A King In New York - Charlie Chaplin DVD | DVD | (28/09/2015) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

   The comedy king gives American pop culture and politics the royal treatment in the satiric penultimate Chaplin film 'A King in New York'. Advertising movies TV rock music celebrity and more are in Chaplin's comic sights as he portrays a deposed European monarch who becomes a U.S. media sensation.

• Vintage Comedy Vol.1 | DVD | (02/06/2008) from £20.23   |  Saving you £-1.24 (-6.50%)   |  RRP £18.99

  W.C. Fields Six classic short films:The Pool Shark; The Golf Specialist; The Dentist; The Fatal Glass of Beer; The Pharmacist; The Barber Shop Harold Lloyd Here he stars in one classic film Haunted Spooks with additional films featuring Mack Sennett and Our Gang. Charlie Chaplin 6 classic short films: Kid Auto Races At Venice; The Rival Mashers A Night Out; Cruel Cruel Love; Film Johnny; Triple Trouble

• Chaplin Classics Vol 1 | DVD | (22/09/2003) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £71.99

  Modern Times: In this delightfully madcap comedy Chaplin plays a hapless factory worker who cracks under the strain of his job and runs amok. Unemployed on the streets of Depression America he joins forces with a young woman fleeing the childcare authorities and they embark on a misadventure-filled search for happiness. The Great Dictator: Tomanian dictator Adenoid Hynkel has a double a poor Jewish barber who one day is mistaken for Hynkel and comic catastrophes ensue! Gold Rush: The Tramp goes to the Klondike in search of gold and finds a whole lot more! Limelight: Fading comedian Calvero (Chaplin) and suicidally despondent ballet dancer Thereza (Bloom) look to each other to find meaning and hope in their lives... Charlie: The Life And Art Of Charles Chaplin: Richard Schickel's new documentary Charlie chronicles Charles Chaplin's brilliant career as an actor writer director producer and composer as well as his controversial and much publicised private life - his love affairs and four marriages his paternity suit scandal and persecution by the FBI culminating in a self-imposed exile from the United States. With its brilliant observations rare footage interwoven with scenes from Chaplin's greatest films and a remarkable series of newly recorded interviews Charlie is the definitive documentary overview of Chaplin and his Little Tramp.

• Duel Of Hearts | DVD | (29/07/2002) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £2.99

  A rather jarring mix of period drama, trashy romance and all-star blockbuster, Duel of Hearts is a swashbuckling, bodice-ripping tale of slightly dubious quality. Based on a novel by Barbara Cartland, it provides the usual dollops of intrigue and love, although its choice of a female protagonist does at least give it some twist. The splendidly named Lady Caroline Faye (Alison Doody) is the story's plucky heroine, fighting to prove the innocence of her beau Lord Vane Brecon and discover his troubling inner turmoil. Donning a disguise that seems to consist largely of wearing her hair in a different manner, Lady Caroline places herself among the very people that would seek Brecon's undoing. Those looking for high quality drama should probably go elsewhere, but this is an entertaining enough piece of silliness, combining the history of Regency England with the production values of a daytime American soap opera. On the DVD: Duel of Hearts on DVD has had very little effort put into it, which is perhaps no surprise given the rather slapdash nature of the main feature. The sound has been digitally remastered but the picture quality hasn't, and has that dubious made-for-television look. The interactive menu is unattractive and unimaginative and there are no extras. --Phil Udell

• Keane - Live | Blu Ray | (27/10/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Keane live at the O2 Arena in London. Features 21 tracks. Tracklist: 1. The Iron Sea 2. Everybody's Changing 3. Put it Behind You 4. Nothing In My Way 5. We Might as Well Be Strangers 6. Bend and Break 7. Can't Stop Now 8. Try Again 9. Your Eyes Open 10. The Frog Prince 11. Hamburg Song 12. Fly To Me 13. Leaving So Soon? 14. This Is The Last Time 15. A Bad Dream 16. Somewhere Only We Know 17. Is It Any Wonder? 18. Broken Toy 19. Atlantic 20. Crystal Ball 21. Bedshaped

• Female Drama Collection - The Truth About Cats And Dogs/Kissing Jessica Stein/Hope Floats | DVD | (28/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The Truth About Cats and Dogs (Dir. Michael Lehmann 1996): Charming and bittersweet this modern-day romantic comedy starring Uma Thurman Janeane Garofalo and Ben Chaplin explores the beguiling perils of mistaken identity. Abby a gutsy and witty veterinarian who hosts her own radio talk show is anything but confident when it comes to love. A petite brunette she describes herself as tall and blonde when Brian a caller who is smitten with her radio persona asks her on a date. She talks her tall blonde neighbour Noelle into assuming her identity setting off an escalating series of hilarious and romantic crises. Kissing Jessica Stein (Dir. Charles Herman-Wurmfeld 2002): Acclaimed romantic comedy in which Jessica Stein (Westfeldt) is a single sucessful businesswoman living in New York City who finds herself not as straight as she thought... Hope Floats (Dir. Forest Whitaker 1998): Birdee Pruitt has a life most people would envy. But when her cheating husband reveals his infidelity to her on a national TV talk show her perfect life comes crashing down. Devastated Birdee and her young daughter head home to the small town she left behind. As mother and daughter struggle to adjust to their new lives Birdee slowly gains the strength to open her heart - and find hope again...

• Limelight - Charlie Chaplin Blu-ray | Blu Ray | (28/09/2015) from £9.79   |  Saving you £10.20 (104.19%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Limelight tells the story of a fading music hall comedian's efforts to help a despondent ballet dancer learn both to walk and feel confident about life again. The highlight of this moving Academy Award-winning film is the classic duet with Chaplin's only real artistic film comedy rival Buster Keaton.

• The Wolfman | DVD | (14/03/2016) from £7.99   |  Saving you £7.00 (87.61%)   |  RRP £14.99

• Modern Times - Dual Format Edition | Blu Ray | (23/08/2010) from £22.99   |  Saving you £-3.00 (-15.00%)   |  RRP £19.99

  In Modern Times one of Charles Chaplin's most popular films The Tramp struggles to live in a modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman. This Dual Format Edition (Blu-ray and DVD) includes the 1936 feature which has now been restored in high definition.

• American in Paris | Blu Ray | (31/03/2009) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

• Enemy At The Gates / Tigerland / The Thin Red Line | DVD | (19/09/2005) from £4.99   |  Saving you £15.00 (300.60%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Enemy At The Gates: While the Nazi and Russian armies hurl rank after rank of soldiers at each other and the world fearfully awaits the outcome of the battle of Stalingrad the celebrated Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) quietly stalks his enemies one man at a time. His fame however soon thrusts him into a duel with the Nazi's best sharpshooter Major Konig (Ed Harris) and the two find themselves waging an intense personal war while the most momentous battle of the

• Mary Martin & Ethel Merman - the Ford 50th Anniversary Show | DVD | (01/11/2004) from £18.97   |  Saving you £-0.98 (N/A%)   |  RRP £17.99

  Mary Martin And Ethel Merman - The Ford 50th Anniversary Sho

• The Chaplin Revue - Charlie Chaplin DVD | DVD | (28/09/2015) from £7.99   |  Saving you £8.00 (100.12%)   |  RRP £15.99

  Contains seven Charlie Chaplin movies made between 1918 and 1923. Included are  'Shoulder Arms' (1918) - his popular portrayal of World War I trench life the charming and hilarious views of family life and romance in 'A Dog's Life' (1918) and lampooning small-town hypocrisy in The Pilgrim' (1923)

• Stage Beauty | DVD | (19/05/2005) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £N/A

  Audio : english - subtitles : dutch ( removeable ) - 16:9 anamorphic widescreen / extra's - trailer / director's commentary / behind the scenes / interviews ( 21 min ) - B-Roll ( 17 min )

• The Circus | Blu Ray | (15/11/2010) from £29.14   |  Saving you £-9.15 (-45.80%)   |  RRP £19.99

  The Little Tramp brings his slapstick hijinks to the big top. Charlie Chaplin's film The Circus begins in a fading circus where the equestrienne can't jump the hoops and the clowns can't make the audience laugh. Outside on the midway The Little Tramp falls into a series of wonderful comic routines that end when pursued by a cop he bursts into the tent's centre ring and wows the audience. The circus owner/ringmaster auditions The Little Tramp as a clown but discovers he is only funny when he isn't trying. He tricks The Little Tramp into joining the circus as a prop man who wreaks havoc with whatever he does and who unknowingly becomes the star of the show...

• Vampire Killer Barbys | DVD | (19/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  The Killer Barbys are a touring rock band with a problem. They're stranded in the middle of nowhere and they need to find someone willing to put them up for the night. They end up at the mansion of Countess Von Fledermaus an ancient woman shrouded in evil. She needs the fresh blood of young men to regain her lost youth and the Killer Barbys are on the menu!

• Charlie Chaplin Film Reel Collection | DVD | (20/10/2014) from £7.49   |  Saving you £7.50 (100.13%)   |  RRP £14.99

  Collection of classic silent films and shorts starring the all-round talent of Charlie Chaplin. Throughout his career spanning more than 75 years Charlie Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, edited, composed the music for and starred in most of his films, making a household name for himself as a screen icon. Actors who starred alongside Chaplin include Edna Purviance, John T. Dillon and Billy Armstrong. The films are: 'By the Sea' (1915), 'Work' (1915), 'A Woman' (1915), 'The Bank' (1915), 'Shanghaied' (1915), 'The Rink' (1916), 'Easy Street' (1917), 'The Cure' (1917), 'The Immigrant' (1917), 'Triple Trouble' (1918), 'Shoulder Arms' (1918) , 'The Bond' (1918), 'A Burlesque On Carmen' (1915), 'The Fireman' (1916), 'The Vagabond' (1916), 'One AM' (1916), 'The Count' (1916), 'The Pawnshop' (1916), 'Behind the Screen' (1916), 'Police' (1916), 'A Night in the Show' (1915), 'The Floorwalker' (1916), 'New Janitor' (1914), 'The Musical Tramp' (1915), 'His New Job' (1915), 'Night Out' (1915), 'The Champion' (1915), 'Caught in a Cabaret' (1914), 'Knock Out' (1914), 'Laffin' Gas' (1914), 'Face On the Bar Room Floor' (1914), 'The Good for Nothing' (1914), 'The Masquerader' (1914), 'Between Showers' (1914), 'A Day's Pleasure' (1919), 'Cruel Cruel Love' (1914) and 'The Fatal Mallet' (1914).

• When Comedy Was King | DVD | (01/03/2010) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  When Comedy Was King