Charlie Chaplin starred in a silent film in 1928.
Charlie Chaplin . His first feature-length was The Kid ( 1921 ) , followed by A Woman of Paris ( 1923 ) , The Gold Rush ( 1925 ) , and The Circus ( 1928 ) . The Circus is a 1928 silent film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin . The film stars Chaplin , Al Ernest Garcia , Merna Kennedy , Harry Crocker , George Davis and Henry Bergman . Triple Trouble is a two-reel American silent comedy film that was released in 1918 .