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Chaplin, Mutual, Lone Star, released 22 October 1917, the last of the twelve two-reelers. Convict 23 escapes a shore prison, evades the guards, and pulls a drowning mother and daughter from the surf. Invited home as a gentleman, he spends a party dodging a rival and the police who have seen his photograph. Edna Purviance is the daughter; Eric Campbell the suitor. Ice cream, a balcony, a chase through the house. Chaplin's Mutual contract paid $10,000 a week, then the highest salary in films.
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The last Mutual, and the fastest. A convict, a rescue from the surf, a party, ice cream down a dress, a balcony, a chase through the house. No plot to speak of and no need. Ten thousand dollars a week, and the next move was owning the studio.
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