This 20 minute film meant a lot for American history. Selected to the Library of Congress' Nation Film Registry in 1998 this is the film that got Charles Chaplin deported in 1952. They used the footage of him kicking an immigration officer as evidence of anti-Americanism.It is also interesting that he uses a lot of sound effects in this. I've always known Chaplin to use a soundtrack that does not try and coincide with the actions on the screen, e.g. people falling or getting hit.
At just over 20 minutes there is not much to this film. The cool thing is that this is now open source so you can watch it for free online. www.archive.org has a large collection of films that are now available for free, watch is one at:
http://www.archive.org/details/CC_1917_06_17_TheImmigrant
Vote: 7/10
IMDB Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0008133/
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