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The Kid (1921)
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The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy. Director:Charles ChaplinWriter:Charles Chaplin |
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Carl Miller | ... |
The Man
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Edna Purviance | ... |
The Woman
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| Jackie Coogan | ... |
The Kid
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| Charles Chaplin | ... |
A Tramp
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Storyline
The opening title reads: "A comedy with a smile--and perhaps a tear". As she leaves the charity hospital and passes a church wedding, Edna deposits her new baby with a pleading note in a limousine and goes off to commit suicide. The limo is stolen by thieves who dump the baby by a garbage can. Charlie the Tramp finds the baby and makes a home for him. Five years later Edna has become an opera star but does charity work for slum youngsters in hope of finding her boy. A doctor called by Edna discovers the note with the truth about the Kid and reports it to the authorities who come to take him away from Charlie. Before he arrives at the Orphan Asylum Charlie steals him back and takes him to a flophouse. The proprietor reads of a reward for the Kid and takes him to Edna. Charlie is later awakened by a kind policeman who reunites him with the Kid at Edna's mansion. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>
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This is the great picture upon which the famous comedian has worked a whole year. See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
(USA) See more »Also Known As:
A Kölyök See more »Filming Locations:
Chaplin Studios - 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$250,000 (estimated)Gross:
$2,500,000 (USA)Company Credits
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Technical Specs
Runtime:
| (1971 edit with new Chaplin score) | Germany:Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1
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Trivia
For the scene in which the Kid is taken from the Tramp and nearly carted away to a workhouse, Charles Chaplin stated in his autobiography that the young Jackie Coogan was made to cry by his father, who told him that if he would not cry in the scene, he would be sent to an actual workhouse. See more »Goofs
Revealing mistakes: After the tramp chases on rooftop the two welfare workers who have captured and tormented Jackie, the scene ends with the Tramp and one of the workers fighting on the back of the workers' pickup truck. After kicking the second welfare man off the back of the pickup, the tramp makes a 'nonsensical' wave-good-bye as he and Jackie ride off to momentary safety. In reality Chaplin (also the director) is waving 'CUT' to cameraman Rollie Totheroh. See more »
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