| Zepped | |
|---|---|
| Starring | Charlie Chaplin |
Release date |
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Running time | "Over six" [1] –seven minutes [2] [3] |
| Language | Silent |
Zepped is a 1916 propaganda comedy [1] short film about a German Zeppelin attack on London during the First World War. Charlie Chaplin appears in the film, although it is unlikely he himself was involved in the production. [3] Making use of stop-motion animation, [1] Zepped may have used previously-unknown outtakes of three [3] or four [1] earlier Chaplin films: His New Profession (1914), A Jitney Elopement (1915) and The Tramp (1915), and according to Bonhams, By the Sea (1915).
Two copies are known: one was unknowingly purchased by a collector who bought an old film reel tin on eBay for £3.20 (about $5) in September 2009 and found the nitrate film inside. [1] [2] [3] He put it up for auction in June 2011 but the sole bid did not reach the £100,000 ($160,000) reserve price. [2] [3] The second copy was found in a tin of assorted items bought from a secondhand shop in Sheffield in July 2011. [4]
Although a 1917 advertisement in the Manchester Film Renter announced a trade viewing, it may only have been shown in Egypt. [1] An October 1917 entry in the British Board of Film Censorship's Ledgers says it was "For Export Only", and a Ministry of Interior film censorship certificate displayed at the beginning of the film states it was "Passed for Exhibition in Egypt". [1]
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