The Bond 2544175 180994399 2007-12-30T15:40:38Z Netts 5821651 +ja {{Infobox Film | name = The Bond | image = | image_size = | caption = | director = [[Charlie Chaplin]] | producer = | writer = [[Charlie Chaplin]] | narrator = | starring = [[Edna Purviance]]<br> [[Albert Austin]] <br> [[Sydney Chaplin]] | music = | cinematography = | editing = | distributor = [[First National|First National Pictures Inc.]] | released = [[1918 in film|1918]] | runtime = 5 minutes | country = {{USA}} | language = Silent film<br> [[English language|English]] intertitles | budget = | website = | amg_id = | imdb_id = 0008907 }} '''''The Bond''''' is a [[propaganda]] [[film]] created by [[Charlie Chaplin]] at his own expense for the [[Liberty Load Committee]] for theatrical release to help sell U.S. [[War bond|Liberty Bonds]] during [[World War I]]. Made in [[1918]] with [[Edna Purviance]], [[Albert Austin]] and [[Sydney Chaplin]], the film has a distinctive visual motif set in a simple plain black set with starkly lit simple props and arrangements. The story is a series of sketches humorously illustrating various bonds like the bond of friendship and of marriage and, most important, the Liberty Bond, to [[knockout|K.O.]] the [[Kaiser]] which Charlie does literally. There was also a [[United Kingdom|British]] version with [[Uncle Sam]] replaced by [[John Bull]] and promotes War Bonds. == Related Media == {{multi-video item|filename=Charlie Chaplin, bond of friendship, 1918.ogg|title="The bond of friendship" |description= A video clip from the silent film, "The Bond" (1918).|format=[[Theora]]}} {{multi-video item|filename=Charlie Chaplin, the Marriage Bond.ogg|title="The marriage bond" |description= A video clip from the silent film, "The Bond" (1918).|format=[[Theora]]}} {{multi-video item|filename=Charlie Chaplin, The Bond, 1918.ogg|title="U.S. Liberty Bonds" |description= A video clip from the silent film, "The Bond" (1918).|format=[[Theora]]}} ==Cast== * [[Charles Chaplin]] - Charlie * [[Edna Purviance]] - Charlie's Wife * [[Albert Austin]] - Friend * [[Sydney Chaplin]] - The Kaiser ==External links== *{{imdb title|id=0008907|title=The Bond}} *[http://www.archive.org/details/CC_1918_09_29_TheBond Complete film at Archive.org] {{Charlie Chaplin}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bond, The}} [[Category:1918 films]] [[Category:Black and white films]] [[Category:Films directed by Charlie Chaplin]] [[Category:American World War I propaganda films]] [[Category:Silent films]] [[Category:Short films]] [[Category:American films]] [[Category:American silent films]] {{war-film-stub}} [[it:The Bond]] [[ja:公債 (映画)]]