The Bond
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{{Infobox Film
| name = The Bond
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| director = [[Charlie Chaplin]]
| producer =
| writer = [[Charlie Chaplin]]
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| starring = [[Edna Purviance]]<br> [[Albert Austin]] <br> [[Sydney Chaplin]]
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| 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
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| imdb_id = 0008907
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'''''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 ==
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{{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]
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[[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]]
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