Talk:Shoulder Arms

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Running time

See here: https://imgur.com/a/pXVI7pn
Source: https://archive.org/details/Var52-1918-10
Tehonk (talk) 03:43, 7 December 2020 (UTC)

You changed the running time from 46 to 36 minutes. I reverted your change and corrected it to 45 minutes. The film is right there on the page. You don't need any external research to see how long it is. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 95.144.74.126 (talk) 12:55, 21 February 2021 (UTC)
Sorry, that's not how it works. Proof is right here, you need to learn a few things about silent movies and frame rates.Tehonk (talk) 19:52, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

AFI lists it as 38 minutes, but it is part of their "Catalogue of Feature Films." The IMDb standard for a short film is 44 minutes or less while the short film article defines it as 40 minutes or less. --75.89.198.35 (talk) 22:27, 21 February 2021 (UTC)

History of changes should be added

With the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) doing a restoration of the original 1918 theatrical version in 2025, I feel there should probably be a section added discussing the changes Chaplin made to this film when it was re-released -- ie reconstructing the entire film almost from scratch, using rejected alternate camera angles and alternate takes instead of the ones originally used (because the original version's negative was lost).

In general there should probably also be a lot more information about this topic on the pages for all his films released prior to 1931, since The Kid, The Gold Rush, and The Circus were all changed when they were re-released between 1969-1972. MrDrFactChecker (talk) 16:58, 27 April 2026 (UTC)