The Bond

1918 film by Charlie Chaplin

For the 2007 book by the Three Doctors, see The Bond (book). For other uses, see Bond (disambiguation).

Not to be confused with The Bund.

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The Bond

Directed by| Charlie Chaplin
Written by| Charlie Chaplin
Starring| Charlie Chaplin
Edna Purviance
Albert Austin
Sydney Chaplin

Production
companies

Charles Chaplin Productions
Liberty Loan Committee

Distributed by| First National Pictures Inc.
Lobster Films (2002) (France)
Warner Home Video (2004) (USA)

Release date

* 1918 (1918)

Running time

| 11 minutes
Country| United States
Languages| Silent film
English intertitles
The Bond

The Bond is a two-reel propaganda film created by Charlie Chaplin at his own expense for the Liberty Loan Committee for theatrical release to help sell U.S. Liberty Bonds during World War I.[1][2]

Made in 1918 with Edna Purviance, Albert Austin and Sydney Chaplin, the film has a distinctive visual motif set in a simple plain black set with starkly lit simple props and arrangements. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to K.O. the Kaiser which Charlie does literally.

That theme is made explicit when Charlie meets Uncle Sam and a laborer representing industry. Charlie buys a liberty bond and the industrial laborer supplies a rifle for an American soldier. Charlie is sufficiently impressed by the result of his patriotic contribution that he reveals more funds he had hidden in his pants to buy another bond and an American Naval sailor is thus equipped with a rifle himself.

There was also a British version with Uncle Sam replaced by John Bull and promotes War Bonds.

## Cast

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* Albert Austin as Friend
* Henry Bergman as John Bull (British version)
* Charles Chaplin as Charlie
* Sydney Chaplin as The Kaiser
* Joan Marsh as Cupid
* Edna Purviance as Charlie's Wife/Liberty
* Tom Wilson as Industry

## References

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1. ^ Charlie Chaplin's "The Bond", 1918, retrieved February 1, 2023
2. ^ Stacker, Ellen Wulfhorst (April 27, 2021). "Charlie Chaplin: The life story you may not know". Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved February 1, 2023.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Bond.

* The Bond at IMDb
* The short film The Bond is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive.

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Charlie Chaplin

* Filmography
* The Tramp
* Chaplin family

Films directed|

| Keystone Studios|

* Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
* Caught in the Rain (1914)
* A Busy Day (1914)
* Her Friend the Bandit (1914)
* Mabel's Married Life (1914)
* Laughing Gas (1914)
* The Property Man (1914)
* The Face on the Bar Room Floor (1914)
* Recreation (1914)
* The Masquerader (1914)
* His New Profession (1914)
* The Rounders (1914)
* The New Janitor (1914)
* Those Love Pangs (1914)
* Dough and Dynamite (1914)
* Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
* His Musical Career (1914)
* His Trysting Place (1914)
* Getting Acquainted (1914)
* His Prehistoric Past (1914)

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Essanay Studios|

* His New Job (1915)
* A Night Out (1915)
* The Champion (1915)
* In the Park (1915)
* A Jitney Elopement (1915)
* The Tramp (1915)
* By the Sea (1915)
* Work (1915)
* A Woman (1915)
* The Bank (1915)
* Shanghaied (1915)
* A Night in the Show (1915)
* A Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
* Police (1916)
* Triple Trouble (1918)

Mutual Film Corp|

* The Floorwalker (1916)
* The Fireman (1916)
* The Vagabond (1916)
* One A.M. (1916)
* The Count (1916)
* The Pawnshop (1916)
* Behind the Screen (1916)
* The Rink (1916)
* Easy Street (1917)
* The Cure (1917)
* The Immigrant (1917)
* The Adventurer (1917)

First National|

* A Dog's Life (1918)
* The Bond (1918)
* Shoulder Arms (1918)
* Sunnyside (1919)
* A Day's Pleasure (1919)
* The Kid (1921)
* The Idle Class (1921)
* Pay Day (1922)
* The Pilgrim (1923)

United Artists|

* A Woman of Paris (1923)
* The Gold Rush (1925)
* The Circus (1928)
* City Lights (1931)
* Modern Times (1936)
* The Great Dictator (1940)
* Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
* Limelight (1952)

Later productions|

* A King in New York (1957)
* A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

See also|

* The Chaplin Revue (1959)

Songs|

* "Smile" (1936 music, 1954 lyrics)
* "Eternally (Terry's Theme)" (1952 music, 1953 lyrics)
* "This Is My Song" (1967)

Books about|

* My Autobiography
* Chaplin: His Life and Art
* Charlie Chaplin: Intimate Close-Ups
* Chaplin: A Life
* Sunnyside

Films about|

* Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times
* Unknown Chaplin
* Chaplin
* Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
* The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai

Musicals about|

* Little Tramp
* Chaplin (1993)
* Chaplin (2006)

Other|

* United Artists
* 3623 Chaplin
* Charlie Chaplin Studios
* Manoir de Ban
* Montecito Inn
* Chaplin & Co
* Charlie Chaplin comics
* Charlie Chaplin's Comic Capers
* London statue

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