Instrumentation
1(=picc).1(=ca).2.1 - 2110 - timps - perc(1): 2susp.cym/tgl/BD/tamb/SD/dinner bell/xyl/cyms/ratchet -pno - harp - single strings
Availability
Full score, parts and film print (35mm, DVD PAL, DVD NTSC, Digibeta PAL, Digibeta NTSC & BETA SP NTSC) for hire
Programme Notes
Starring: Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance
Director: Charles Chaplin
Production Company: Mutual USA, 1917
Duration: 26 minutes
Film Print: B&W print available from Faber Music (35mm, DVD PAL, DVD NTSC, Digibeta PAL & Digibeta NTSC)
(Film Speed: c.20 frames per second)
Premiere with Davis's score: 1991, Munich
16-18 Players: l(=picc).1.(=ca).2.l -21.10- perc(l or 2) inc timp - harp* - pno -
single strings (1 .1 .1 .1 . I) (* optional - alternative piano part available with harp cues)
A penniless but ingenious immigrant falls in love with a girl on a boat bound for America. On arrival in the Land of Liberty, all are instantly roped in like cattle by officials. The lovers go their separate ways, but are finally reunited.