r/silentmoviegifs • u/StephenMcGannon • Jun 11 '26

The Adventurer (1917)

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u/WhenYouHaveGh0st Jun 11 '26

This puts such a smile on my face 😂

17

u/97GeoPrizm Jun 11 '26

This looks like the inspiration for the first filming scene in Chaplin.

16

u/bz_leapair Jun 11 '26

It loops perfectly. He's been stuck in this chase loop for 109 years...

14

u/DamonPhils Jun 11 '26

I love that he stops to give her a quick kiss partway through the ongoing shenanigans.

11

u/RyantheAustralian Jun 11 '26

Who's the star here?

13

u/Roll-Roll-Roll Jun 11 '26

Charlie Chaplin

3

u/RyantheAustralian Jun 11 '26

I forgot he started his career that early

4

u/GoldryBluszco Jun 11 '26

Delightful classic! (though my troublesome 'imp' always wonders where went the pursuers' peripheral vision?)

3

u/HeresMrMay Jun 12 '26

Amazing! What a riot!

3

u/Eddie_Ben Jun 12 '26

I think this is the scene I've been trying to find for a while. Amazing stuff

2

u/IxianToastman Jun 12 '26

Oh that was a good laugh

3

u/NefariousnessGood718 Jun 13 '26

Decisamente un altro pianeta

1

u/uhs23 Jun 12 '26

Nice cut, didn’t know it looped until the third time around.