The Immigrant (1917 film)
The Immigrant also called Broke is a 1917 American silent romantic comedy short. The film stars the Charlie Chaplin Tramp character as an immigrant coming to the United States who is accused of theft on the voyage across the Atlantic Ocean, and falls in love with a beautiful young woman along the way. It also stars Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell.
The film begins aboard a steamer crossing the Atlantic Ocean, and initially showcases the misadventures of an unnamed immigrant, the Tramp Chaplin who finds himself in assorted mischief while, among other things, playing cards, eating in a mess hall, and avoiding seasick passengers. Along the way, he befriends another unnamed immigrant Purviance who is traveling to America with her ailing mother. The two are robbed by a pickpocket who is losing in gambling. The Tramp, feeling sorry for the two penniless women, attempts to secretly place his winnings from his card game in the womans pocket, but ends up being mistakenly accused of being a pickpocket. The woman manages to clear the Tramps name. Upon arrival in America, the Tramp and the woman part company.Later, hungry and broke, the tramp finds a coin on the street outside a restaurant and pockets it. He doesnt realize there is a hole in his pocket and the coin has fallen straight through and is back on the ground. He enters the restaurant, where he orders a plate of beans. There, he is reunited with the woman and discovers her mother is dead. The Tramp orders a meal for her. ........
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