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| caption = 3 frames from the film, found in a canister in eBay.
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| released = {{film date|1916|12|23}}<ref name=Bonhams>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19036/lot/350/ |title=Lot 350 |publisher=[[Bonhams]] |accessdate=29 July 2015}}</ref>
| released = {{film date|1916|12|23}}<ref name=Bonhams>{{cite web |url=http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19036/lot/350/ |title=Lot 350 |publisher=[[Bonhams]] |access-date=29 July 2015}}</ref>
| runtime = "Over six"<ref name=Bonhams/>–seven minutes<ref name=BBC>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13973098 |title=Rare Charlie Chaplin film fails to sell |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=30 June 2011 |accessdate=29 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news |title=No Buyer for Chaplin Film at Auction |author=Felicia R. Lee |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 June 2011 |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/chaplin-film-fails-to-fetch-a-buyer-at-auction/}}</ref>
| runtime = "Over six"<ref name=Bonhams/>–seven minutes<ref name=BBC>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-13973098 |title=Rare Charlie Chaplin film fails to sell |work=[[BBC News]] |date=30 June 2011 |access-date=29 July 2015}}</ref><ref name=NYT>{{cite news |title=No Buyer for Chaplin Film at Auction |author=Felicia R. Lee |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=30 June 2011 |url=http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/06/30/chaplin-film-fails-to-fetch-a-buyer-at-auction/}}</ref>
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'''''Zepped''''' is a 1916 propaganda comedy<ref name=Bonhams/> short film about a [[German strategic bombing during World War I|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.<ref name=NYT/> Making use of [[stop-motion animation]],<ref name=Bonhams/> ''Zepped'' uses ''possibly'' previously unknown [[outtake]]s of three<ref name=NYT/> or four<ref name=Bonhams/> earlier Chaplin films: ''[[His New Profession]]'' (1914), ''[[A Jitney Elopement]]'' (1915) and ''[[The Tramp]]'' (1915), and according to [[Bonhams]], ''[[By the Sea (1915 film)|By the Sea]]'' (1915).
'''''Zepped''''' is a 1916 propaganda comedy<ref name=Bonhams/> short film about a [[German strategic bombing during World War I|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.<ref name=NYT/> Making use of [[stop-motion animation]],<ref name=Bonhams/> ''Zepped'' may have used previously-unknown [[outtake]]s of three<ref name=NYT/> or four<ref name=Bonhams/> earlier Chaplin films: ''[[His New Profession]]'' (1914), ''[[A Jitney Elopement]]'' (1915) and ''[[The Tramp (film)|The Tramp]]'' (1915), and according to [[Bonhams]], ''[[By the Sea (1915 film)|By the Sea]]'' (1915).


Two copies are known: one was unknowingly purchased by a collector who bought an old [[Reel#Motion picture terminology|film reel]] tin on [[eBay]] for £3.20 (about $5) in September 2009 and found the [[nitrate film]] inside.<ref name=Bonhams/><ref name=BBC/><ref name=NYT/> He put it up for auction in June 2011 but the sole bid did not reach the £100,000 ($160,000) [[reserve price]].<ref name=BBC/><ref name=NYT/> The second copy was found in a tin of assorted items bought from a secondhand shop in Sheffield in July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/whats-on/tv-and-film/charity-shop-charlie-chaplin-find-could-earn-man-100-000-1-3561486|title=Charity shop Charlie Chaplin find could earn man £100,000|work=Shields Gazette|accessdate=6 June 2017}}</ref>
Two copies are known: one was unknowingly purchased by a collector who bought an old [[Reel#Motion picture terminology|film reel]] tin on [[eBay]] for £3.20 (about $5) in September 2009 and found the [[nitrate film]] inside.<ref name=Bonhams/><ref name=BBC/><ref name=NYT/> He put it up for auction in June 2011 but the sole bid did not reach the £100,000 ($160,000) [[reserve price]].<ref name=BBC/><ref name=NYT/> The second copy was found in a tin of assorted items bought from a secondhand shop in Sheffield in July 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.shieldsgazette.com/whats-on/tv-and-film/charity-shop-charlie-chaplin-find-could-earn-man-100-000-1-3561486|title=Charity shop Charlie Chaplin find could earn man £100,000|work=Shields Gazette|access-date=6 June 2017}}</ref>


Although a 1917 advertisement in the ''Manchester Film Renter'' announced a trade viewing, it may only have been shown in Egypt.<ref name=Bonhams/> An October 1917 entry in the [[British Board of Film Classification|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".<ref name=Bonhams/>
Although a 1917 advertisement in the ''Manchester Film Renter'' announced a trade viewing, it may only have been shown in Egypt.<ref name=Bonhams/> An October 1917 entry in the [[British Board of Film Classification|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".<ref name=Bonhams/>


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Revision as of 18:39, 21 June 2024

Zepped
StarringCharlie Chaplin
Release date
  • December 23, 1916 (1916-12-23)
[1]
Running time
"Over six"[1]–seven minutes[2][3]
SpracheSilent

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Lot 350". Bonhams. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. ^ a b c "Rare Charlie Chaplin film fails to sell". BBC News. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e Felicia R. Lee (30 June 2011). "No Buyer for Chaplin Film at Auction". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Charity shop Charlie Chaplin find could earn man £100,000". Shields Gazette. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
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