After the phenomenal success of "The kid" Charlie returned to production of short films in his desire to fulfill his contractual obligations to First National as soon as possible. And by September of 1921 a new movie masterpiece was already finished - "The idle class" starring Chaplin in a dual role of Tramp and a husband.
The story revolves around people of so called "idle class", high class society people who spend their everyday lives playing golf, going to masquerade balls or doing any other things of no real purpose other than to amuse themselves. And there is Charlie, a lonely stranger with no roof over his head and no money in his pockets who comes across these people of stinking wealth by accident and gets mistaken for the husband of another lonely soul, played by stunning Edna Purviance; she is tired of her husband's drinking but still wants to be with him with all her heart. Her husband on the other hand wears shades on his brows and doesn't seem to notice anything under his nose, even has he got his pants on or not. And this little case of fate in the form of a Tramp makes the husband jealous and something clicks inside of him.
Sometimes we forget how to love a person after we've been together for a long while and to not let it all fall apart completely we should cherish every moment with our close one and be able to see through our darkest moments and go on fearlessly hand in hand.
This 30-minute movie is quite a different beast from "The kid", less dramatic but as entertaining and meaningful as any other of Chaplin's movies. It speaks loudly about social inequalities and how differently people see and perceive the world in general; it also speaks of destiny and what is meant to be will happen no matter what. Charlie is a true artist and a master of expressing his thoughts without making much effort which yet again proves that seemingly easy things are might not be that easy and difficult things are not that difficult.
The story revolves around people of so called "idle class", high class society people who spend their everyday lives playing golf, going to masquerade balls or doing any other things of no real purpose other than to amuse themselves. And there is Charlie, a lonely stranger with no roof over his head and no money in his pockets who comes across these people of stinking wealth by accident and gets mistaken for the husband of another lonely soul, played by stunning Edna Purviance; she is tired of her husband's drinking but still wants to be with him with all her heart. Her husband on the other hand wears shades on his brows and doesn't seem to notice anything under his nose, even has he got his pants on or not. And this little case of fate in the form of a Tramp makes the husband jealous and something clicks inside of him.
Sometimes we forget how to love a person after we've been together for a long while and to not let it all fall apart completely we should cherish every moment with our close one and be able to see through our darkest moments and go on fearlessly hand in hand.
This 30-minute movie is quite a different beast from "The kid", less dramatic but as entertaining and meaningful as any other of Chaplin's movies. It speaks loudly about social inequalities and how differently people see and perceive the world in general; it also speaks of destiny and what is meant to be will happen no matter what. Charlie is a true artist and a master of expressing his thoughts without making much effort which yet again proves that seemingly easy things are might not be that easy and difficult things are not that difficult.