'A Woman of Paris' was panned by audiences all over, but praised by the critics. No one was really sure how to react to a Chaplin movie that wasn't full of hilarious moments, and people also disliked the fact he was behind the scenes only. This film is certainly not amusing in any way, and has a lot of tragic elements to it, but it's a great thing to see how versatile Chaplin was at acting and directing. Edna Purviance plays a young girl who is jilted by her fiancé at a train station and is heartbroken. She goes to Paris where she meets a handsome man named Pierre and becomes his mistress. But no sooner has this all happened then her old boyfriend resurfaces and she is torn between the two.
Purviance is such a sweetie in this, such an underrated actress whom Charlie Chaplin clearly adored. So much so in fact that when she stopped working for him he kept her on his payroll for the rest of her life. An interesting film to watch.
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