TheLittleSongbird Am a big fan of Charlie Chaplin, have been for over a decade now. Many films and shorts of his are very good to masterpiece, and like many others consider him a comedy genius and one of film's most important and influential directors. From his post-Essanay period after leaving Keystone, 'The Adventurer' is among the very best of his early output, one of his best from his Mutual period and one of his first classics. As said with many of his post-Keystone efforts, it shows a noticeable step up in quality though from his Keystone period, where he was still evolving and in the infancy of his long career. The Essanay and Mutual periods were something of Chaplin's adolescence period where his style had been found and starting to settle. Something that can be seen in his final Mutual effort 'The Adventurer'. The story is slight and slightly too simple but is at least discernible and is never dull, and does it while not being as too busy or manic.On the other hand, 'The Adventurer' looks good, not incredible but it was obvious that Chaplin was taking more time with his work and not churning out countless shorts in the same year of very variable success like he did with Keystone. Appreciate the importance of his Keystone period and there is some good stuff he did there, but the more mature and careful quality seen here and later on is obvious.'The Adventurer' is one of the funniest and most charming early efforts of Chaplin. It is hilarious with some clever, entertaining and well-timed slapstick and the charm doesn't get over-sentimental. It moves quickly and there is no dullness in sight. The second half is both hilarious and enchanting. The sliding doors gag is uproarious.Chaplin directs more than competently and the cinematic genius quality is emerging. He also, as usual, gives a playful and expressive performance and at clear ease with the physicality and substance of the role. The supporting cast acquit themselves well, with a charming Edna Purviance, their chemistry is sweet to watch, and Eric Campbell being both amusing and formidable.On the whole, great. 9/10 Bethany Cox

rdjeffers Monday October 1, 7:00pm, The Paramount Theater The final episode of Charles Chaplin's Mutual period has more in common with Keystone than with the films that followed. The Adventurer is a silly bit of business involving an escaped convict (Chaplin), who evades the prison guards searching for him, then passes himself off as "Commodore Slick" in the home of Judge Brown (Henry Bergman) who comments, "Your face is familiar, Commodore!" Swimming away from the guards (in a stolen swimsuit), Charlie hears the Judge's daughter (Edna Purviance) crying "Save mother! Save her!" The girl's monstrous suitor (Eric Campbell) looks appropriately foolish after Charlie fishes Mrs. Brown from the water. He recuperates as the Brown's guest, until his true identity is discovered from a newspaper photo. Charlie is again on the lam, racing through the house with a dozen policemen on his heals. Funny bits with a scoop of very cold ice cream and a pocket door are highlights

hausrathman In The Adventurer, Charlie plays an escaped convict who briefly manages to enjoy the good life after rescuing a drowning rich woman before the police find him again.The Adventurer is the last of Chaplin's twelve films for the Mutual Company. Lacking any attempt at the pathos and social commentary that Chaplin injected in some of his previous Mutual shorts, this chase comedy almost appears to be a throwback to his rough-and-tumble roots at Keystone. However, there is one major difference, this film much funnier than anything did at Keystone. While I do not consider this to be his best short, it is arguably his funniest. The chases that bookend the film are hilarious. The middle is hilarious too. The film is a laugh fest through and through. If this film doesn't put a smile on your face, check your pulse.

packofk9s I've seen The Adventurer well over a dozen times and each time it is just as funny as the time before. I repeatedly find myself thinking during the first scenes (where Charlie is on the beach and on the lamb from the police) that those scenes must be the high of the movie and as such that the movie will progessively sink from the close of those scenes on. Yet each time I watch the film I am pleasantly refreshed to the fact that the whole film is equally great.Chaplin is excellent in the film, and his frequent foil in the early movies, Eric Campbell, is also perhaps at his best.This film is well worth watching (several times).