A Woman of Paris

A Woman of Paris
A Woman of Paris
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Directed by	Charlie Chaplin
Written by	Charlie Chaplin
Produced by	Charlie Chaplin
Starring	Edna Purviance; Clarence Geldart; Carl Miller; Lydia Knott; Charles K. French; Adolphe Menjou
Cinematography	Roland Totheroh; Jack Wilson
Edited by	Monta Bell (uncredited); Charlie Chaplin (uncredited)
Music by	Louis F. Gottschalk (original score, uncredited); Fritz Stahlberg (original score, uncredited); Charlie Chaplin (1976 release)
Production; companies	Charles Chaplin Productions; Regent
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date	September 26, 1923;
Running time	82 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)
Box office	$634,000 (US/Canada)

A Woman of Paris is a feature-length American silent film starring Edna Purviance that debuted in 1923. A United Artists production, the film was an atypical drama film for its creator, written, directed, produced and later scored by Charlie Chaplin.^[2]^[3] It is also known as A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate.^[4]^[5]

A Woman of Paris was Chaplin's first feature-length film and his main effort at "straight dramatic subject matter" and his only film in which he does not appear as an actor; his next film was the highly acclaimed comedy The Gold Rush (1925).^[6]. Years later he made Limelight which has been both described as "comedy-drama" and a "drama".

^ Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3.
^ Kiernan, 1999 p. 81: See footnote no. 1: "A Woman of Paris was his first film for UA [United Artists]."
^ Jacobs, 1967 p. 242: "Generally praised as an outstanding film…"
^ Progressive Silent Film List: A Woman of Paris at silentera.com
^ The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Woman of Paris
^ Jacobs, 1967 p. 242

[tino-1] Balio, Tino (2009). United Artists: The Company Built by the Stars. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 45. ISBN 978-0-299-23004-3.

[2] Kiernan, 1999 p. 81: See footnote no. 1: "A Woman of Paris was his first film for UA [United Artists]."

[3] Jacobs, 1967 p. 242: "Generally praised as an outstanding film…"

[4] Progressive Silent Film List: A Woman of Paris at silentera.com

[5] The AFI Catalog of Feature Films: A Woman of Paris

[6] Jacobs, 1967 p. 242

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