Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
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The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan [4] as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full-length film as a director. It was a huge success and was the second-highest-grossing film in 1921. [5]
The Kid: Directed by Charles Chaplin. With Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller, Edna Purviance. The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
- (135K)
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Charles Chaplin
- 1921-02-06
Black & White. 1.33:1. English. Spine #799. BLU-RAY SPECIAL EDITION FEATURES. New 4K digital restoration of Charlie Chaplin’s 1972 rerelease version of the film, featuring an original score by Chaplin, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack. New audio commentary featuring Chaplin historian Charles Maland.
- The Man
The Kid, American silent film comedy-drama, released in 1921, that starred Charlie Chaplin in the first feature film with his popular “ Little Tramp ” character. It elevated Jackie Coogan to the status of the film industry’s first child superstar. Charlie Chaplin (centre) and Jackie Coogan (bottom) in The Kid (1921).
- Lee Pfeiffer
The film was edited in secret in a hotel in Salt Lake City and an anonymous studio in New York. There were further financial problems with the distributors but when The Kid was finally released in February 1921, it was an instant triumph everywhere it was shown, perhaps the greatest triumph of Chaplin’s career.
Movie Info. Synopsis Chaplin's first full-length feature is a silent masterpiece about a little tramp who discovers a little orphan and brings him up but is left desolate when the orphanage ...
Summaries. The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy. A woman decides to abandon her baby in the backseat of an automobile with a handwritten note attached, beseeching the finder to care for and love the child. The baby is discovered by the initially-reluctant Tramp, who eventually softens and comes ...
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