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"The Kid" is a 1921 film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin that tells the story of a homeless man who forms a bond with an orphaned child. The film is considered a landmark of silent cinema that blended comedy with emotional depth, establishing Chaplin as a major artistic force in early filmmaking.
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8.1A 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.
Cast
- Charlie Chaplin as A Tramp
- Jackie Coogan as The Kid
- Carl Miller as The Man
- Edna Purviance as The Woman
- Albert Austin as Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
- Beulah Bains as Bride (uncredited)
Themes
- angel
- suicide attempt
- fistfight
- slapstick comedy
- black and white
- class differences
- foundling
- silent film
- dream sequence
- semi autobiographical
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- silent film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- Charlie Chaplin
- Screenwriter
- Charlie Chaplin
- Composer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Producer
- Charlie Chaplin
- Cinematographer
- Roland Totheroh
- Filming location
- Chaplin Studios
- Duration
- 68
- FilmAffinity ID
- 344683
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Chaplin The Kid.jpg
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- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- The Kid (1921 film)
- publication date
- 1921-02-06
- production designer
- Charles D. Hall
- distributed by
- First National Pictures
- film editor
- Charlie Chaplin
- title
- The Kid
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- production date
- 1921-00-00
- copyright status
- public domain
- language of work or name
- English language
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- The Kid
- review score
- 100%
- date of first performance
- 1921-01-21
- capital cost
- 250000
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Encyclopedic overview
The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan 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. Now considered one of the greatest films of the silent era, it was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2011.
Plot
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “The Kid” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.