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- In a prior post, How Charlie Chaplin Filmed The Kid, I explain that the former Occidental College Hall of Letters building, once visited by Presidents Taft and Teddy Roosevelt, portrays the Dickensian maternity hospital where single mother Edna Purviance is cast into the cold, cruel world.
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After production was completed in 1920, the film was caught up in the divorce actions of Chaplin's first wife Mildred Harris, who sought to attach Chaplin's assets. Chaplin and his associates smuggled the raw negative to Salt Lake City and edited it in a room at the Hotel Utah.
The Kid (1921) Film Synopsis and Discussion - Obscure Hollywood. 1921. First National Pictures. Directed by Charles Chaplin. Screenplay by Charles Chaplin. Starring Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller. Synopsis. In a Charity Hospital, an unwed Woman (Purviance) has given birth. Holding her baby, she sits alone in the park.
1h 8m. IMDb RATING. 8.2 /10. 135K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Comedy Drama Family. The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy. Director. Charles Chaplin. Writer. Charles Chaplin. Stars. Charles Chaplin. Edna Purviance. Jackie Coogan. See production info at IMDbPro. STREAMING. +6. Add to Watchlist.
- (135K)
- Comedy, Drama, Family
- Charles Chaplin
- 1921-02-06
The Kid Synopsis. Synopsis of The Kid exactly as written by the Chaplin Studio in 1921. By listing the cast simply as The Man, The Woman, The Tramp and The Policeman, we have already the constituent elements of a drama. The Story opens with The Woman, “whose sin was Motherhood”, leaving the maternity Hospital with her infant child.
Mar 3, 2020 · Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid is a silent movie masterpiece. An unwed Mother ( Edna Purviance) leaves her baby in an expensive car with a note. The car is stolen and the thieves, upon discovering the infant in the car, leave him in the street and take off. On his daily “promenade” the Little Tramp ( Charlie Chaplin) discovers the child in need.
- Charlie Chaplin
Filming The Kid. Chaplin and Jackie Coogan on the set of The Kid. Many of Chaplin’s admirers regard The Kid as his most perfect and most personal film. Yet it seems to have been born out of a state of acute emotional turmoil in his private life. In October 1918 Chaplin had compromised himself into a hasty marriage with a 17-year-old actress ...
Feb 11, 2017 · Chaplin – Inside “The Kid” Maternity Hospital. Posted onFebruary 11, 2017by John Bengtson. In a prior post, How Charlie Chaplin Filmed The Kid, I explain that the former Occidental College Hall of Letters building, once visited by Presidents Taft and Teddy Roosevelt, portrays the Dickensian maternity hospital where single mother Edna ...
