This runs 23 minutes so you might not want to click right now. But if you do, you'll be watching Charlie Chaplin's 1917 two-reel comedy, Easy Street, complete with an overpowering musical track. I'm not sure when it was done for this film but soundtracks were added to a lot of great silent comedies after talkies came in, especially Chaplin's. There was still a demand for him to the extent that it was cost effective to orchestrate and record music.
It's been about three decades since I watched a lot of Chaplin but I recalled this as my favorite of all his two-reelers. I just watched it and I can see why I felt that way. It's a nice, touching little story and it shows you why Chaplin was a "superstar" long before that word was invented.
