Zepped

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 uses possibly 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).

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

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. "Lot 350". Bonhams. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  2. "Rare Charlie Chaplin film fails to sell". BBC News. 30 June 2011. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  3. 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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