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The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put their relationship in jeopardy.
Charles Chaplin
- A Tramp
- (as Charlie Chaplin)
Jackie Coogan
- The Child
- (as Jack Coogan)
Albert Austin
- Car Thief
- (uncredited)
- …
Beulah Bains
- Bride
- (uncredited)
Nellie Bly Baker
- Slum Nurse
- (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
- Professor Guido
- (uncredited)
- …
Edward Biby
- Orphan Asylum Driver
- (uncredited)
B.F. Blinn
- His Assistant
- (uncredited)
Kitty Bradbury
- Bride's Mother
- (uncredited)
Frank Campeau
- Welfare Officer
- (uncredited)
Bliss Chevalier
- Extra in Wedding Scene
- (uncredited)
Frances Cochran
- Extra in Reception Scene
- (uncredited)
Elsie Codd
- Extra in Alley Scene
- (uncredited)
Jack Coogan Sr.
- Pickpocket
- (uncredited)
- …
Estelle Cook
- Extra in Wedding Scene
- (uncredited)
Lillian Crane
- Extra in Wedding Scene
- (uncredited)
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- Writer
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- TriviaThe off-screen chemistry between Charles Chaplin and Jackie Coogan was just as strong as their onscreen relationship. Every Sunday, during the first few weeks of filming, Chaplin would take Jackie to amusement parks and pony rides and other activities. Some have seen Chaplin's relationship with Coogan as an attempt for Chaplin to reclaim his own unhappy childhood, while others have interpreted Chaplin's attention toward the boy as recasting Coogan into the child he had just lost.
- GoofsOn the rooftop, after the Tramp chases the two welfare workers who have captured and tormented John, 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 John ride off to momentary safety. In reality Charles Chaplin (also the director) is waving 'CUT' to cameraman Roland Totheroh.
- Quotes
Title Card: A picture with a smile - and perhaps, a tear.
- Alternate versionsA new version was reissued in 1972 with a new music score composed by Charles Chaplin, who also re-edited the film in order to omit a few scenes featuring the kid's mother.
- ConnectionsEdited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
Featured review
A very poor woman (Edna Purviance) can't take care of her baby and therefore she puts him in the back of a car, hoping someone will take good care of him. By a coincidence the kid ends up in the arms of a tramp, played by Charlie Chaplin of course, and he finds a note that asks if someone will take care of the orphan child. The tramp takes the job and the story continues five years later.
We see how the tramp and the kid (now played by Jackie Coogan) live and love each other, how they have little sneaky plans to earn money, how they belong to each other. In the meanwhile the woman has become rich and when she does a little charity for the poor she meets the kid not knowing it is hers.
This is a great feature film with Chaplin as the tramp. He composed the music himself as well and it fits the story perfectly. The kid is very good and he does a great job in scenes where kids can easily overreact. There is one great sequence where the tramp is in dreamland and every single person is an angel. This could have been a great movie on its own. As the film says in the first seconds, 'The Kid' is good for a laugh and perhaps a tear.
We see how the tramp and the kid (now played by Jackie Coogan) live and love each other, how they have little sneaky plans to earn money, how they belong to each other. In the meanwhile the woman has become rich and when she does a little charity for the poor she meets the kid not knowing it is hers.
This is a great feature film with Chaplin as the tramp. He composed the music himself as well and it fits the story perfectly. The kid is very good and he does a great job in scenes where kids can easily overreact. There is one great sequence where the tramp is in dreamland and every single person is an angel. This could have been a great movie on its own. As the film says in the first seconds, 'The Kid' is good for a laugh and perhaps a tear.
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- Also known as
- The Waif
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- Budget
- $250,000 (estimated)
- Gross worldwide
- $41,979
- Runtime1 hour 8 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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