The Kid

Jan 21, 1921

1h 8m

★ 8.1

6 reels of Joy.

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

Charles Chaplin Productions

The Kid Trailers

Cast

A Tramp

Charlie Chaplin

The Kid

Jackie Coogan

The Man

Carl Miller

The Woman

Edna Purviance

Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)

Albert Austin

Bride (uncredited)

Beulah Bains

Slum Nurse (uncredited)

Nellie Bly Baker

Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)

Henry Bergman

Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)

Edward Biby

Assistant (uncredited)

B.F. Blinn

Bride's Mother (uncredited)

Kitty Bradbury

Welfare Officer (uncredited)

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7.2

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4.8

Passion Play

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6.5

The Saga of Gösta Berling

Mar 9, 1924

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6.5

Day Dreams

Nov 27, 1922

In order to impress the father of a girl he is keen on, a young man goes to the city in search of work. In his letters home he writes of his various jobs which her imagination expands into much nobler ones than those that he is actually attempting.

5.7

Good Night, Nurse!

Jun 30, 1918

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7.2

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Portrayal of a family’s attempt to change the spending habit of the indulgent and hedonistic patriarch, Alfredo. The family decides to try to fool him into spending less by telling him that his large fortune is gone.

6.8

Hard Luck

Mar 14, 1921

A down on his luck young man makes several attempts at committing suicide but fails them too. He then finds himself becoming more confident through a series of petty adventures, to such an extent that this becomes his undoing.

5.6

His Wedding Night

Aug 20, 1917

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6.2

My Wife's Relations

May 15, 1922

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