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The Bond
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;
Running time	11 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film; English intertitles

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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[edit]

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[edit]

^ Charlie Chaplin's "The Bond", 1918, retrieved 2023-02-01
^ Stacker, Ellen Wulfhorst (27 April 2021). "Charlie Chaplin: The life story you may not know". Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved 2023-02-01.

External links[edit]

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

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[1] Charlie Chaplin's "The Bond", 1918, retrieved 2023-02-01

[2] Stacker, Ellen Wulfhorst (27 April 2021). "Charlie Chaplin: The life story you may not know". Gwinnett Daily Post. Retrieved 2023-02-01.

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+{{More citations needed|date=June 2019}}
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+'''''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. [[War bond|Liberty Bonds]] during [[World War I]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Charlie Chaplin's "The Bond" |date=1918 |url=http://archive.org/details/CC_1918_09_29_TheBond |access-date=2023-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stacker |first=Ellen Wulfhorst |title=Charlie Chaplin: The life story you may not know |url=https://www.gwinnettdailypost.com/entertainment/charlie-chaplin-the-life-story-you-may-not-know/collection_da9fbbdf-c7e2-56bf-abac-1abf860bc697.html |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=Gwinnett Daily Post |date=27 April 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
+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 [[knockout|K.O.]] the [[Kaiser]] which Charlie does literally.
-'''''The Bond''''' is a [[propaganda]] [[film]] created by [[Charlie Chaplin]] at his own expense for the [[Liberty Loan Committee]] for theatrical release to help sell U.S. [[War bond|Liberty Bonds]] during [[World War I]].
+That theme is made explicit when Charlie meets Uncle Sam and a laborer representing [[Industrial sector|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.
-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 [[knockout|K.O.]] the [[Kaiser]] which Charlie does literally.
 There was also a [[United Kingdom|British]] version with [[Uncle Sam]] replaced by [[John Bull]] and promotes War Bonds.
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 ==Cast==
 * [[Albert Austin]] as Friend
+* [[Henry Bergman]] as John Bull (British version)
 * [[Charlie Chaplin|Charles Chaplin]] as Charlie
 * [[Sydney Chaplin]] as [[Wilhelm II of Germany|The Kaiser]]
-* [[Edna Purviance]] as Charlie's Wife
+* [[Joan Marsh]] as [[Cupid]]
+* [[Edna Purviance]] as Charlie's Wife/Liberty
+* [[Tom Wilson (actor)|Tom Wilson]] as Industry
-== Media ==
+== References ==
+{{Reflist}}
-<gallery widths=250px>
-Image:Charlie Chaplin, bond of friendship, 1918.ogg|A video clip from the silent film, "The Bond" (1918)
-Image:Charlie Chaplin, the Marriage Bond.ogg|A video clip from the silent film, "The Bond" (1918)
-Image:Charlie Chaplin, The Bond, 1918.ogg|A video clip from the silent film, "The Bond" (1918)
-</gallery>
 ==External links==
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 * {{Internet Archive short film|id=CC_1918_09_29_TheBond|name=The Bond}}
-{{Charlie Chaplin}}
+{{Charlie Chaplin filmography}}
 {{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, The}}
 [[Category:1918 films]]
-[[Category:Black-and-white films]]
+[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
-[[Category:Films directed by Charlie Chaplin]]
+[[Category:Short films directed by Charlie Chaplin]]
 [[Category:American World War I propaganda films]]
 [[Category:American silent short films]]
-[[Category:American films]]
+[[Category:Cultural depictions of Wilhelm II]]
 [[Category:Articles containing video clips]]
+[[Category:First National Pictures films]]
+[[Category:1910s American films]]
+[[Category:Silent war films]]
 {{war-film-stub}}