Overview:
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.Status: | Released (1921-01-21) |
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Awards: | 2 wins |
Screen: | Charles Chaplin |
Productions: | Charles Chaplin Productions |
Production Countries: | United States of America |
Spoken Languages: | No Language |
Casts
- 13848: Charlie Chaplin - A Tramp
- 19426: Jackie Coogan - The Kid
- 63378: Carl Miller - The Man
- 21301: Edna Purviance - The Woman
- 21306: Albert Austin - Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
- 63380: Beulah Bains - Bride (uncredited)
- 63381: Nellie Bly Baker - Slum Nurse (uncredited)
Crews
- 13848: Charlie Chaplin - Director - Directing
- 14020: Roland Totheroh - Director of Photography - Camera
- 3945: Charles D. Hall - Art Direction - Art
- 13848: Charlie Chaplin - Editor - Editing
- 13848: Charlie Chaplin - Producer - Production
- 13848: Charlie Chaplin - Writer - Writing
- 13848: Charlie Chaplin - Original Music Composer - Sound
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Reviews
Andres Gomez
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Cute and funny. It is difficult to say anything new from this movie or Charles Chaplin. He just delivers a complete story with a lot of different elements. Remarkable is also the performance of Jackie Coogan.
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If you enjoy this review, please check out my blog, Old Hat Cinema, at https://oldhatcinema.medium.com/ for more reviews and other cool content. Two Little Tramps The most amazing thing about Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid is that it was released in January of 1921. That makes this ....
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An impoverished woman (Edna Purviance) feels compelled to abandon her child in the hope that he might find a better life - so she leaves him (with a short note) in the back of a car. The two men who find the little bundle don't want anything to do with him, so plonk him down behind s ....
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