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The Kid (1921)

68 min  -  Comedy | Drama | Family  -   6 February 1921 (USA)
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The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy.

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Charles Chaplin
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Carl Miller Carl Miller ...
The Man
Edna Purviance Edna Purviance ...
The Woman
Jackie Coogan Jackie Coogan ...
The Child (as Jack Coogan)
Charles Chaplin Charles Chaplin ...
A Tramp (as Charlie Chaplin)
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Storyline

The opening title reads: "A comedy with a smile--and perhaps a tear". As she leaves the charity hospital and passes a church wedding, Edna deposits her new baby with a pleading note in a limousine and goes off to commit suicide. The limo is stolen by thieves who dump the baby by a garbage can. Charlie the Tramp finds the baby and makes a home for him. Five years later Edna has become an opera star but does charity work for slum youngsters in hope of finding her boy. A doctor called by Edna discovers the note with the truth about the Kid and reports it to the authorities who come to take him away from Charlie. Before he arrives at the Orphan Asylum Charlie steals him back and takes him to a flophouse. The proprietor reads of a reward for the Kid and takes him to Edna. Charlie is later awakened by a kind policeman who reunites him with the Kid at Edna's mansion. Written by Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>  

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Plot Keywords:

Baby | Boy | Orphan | Slapstick Comedy | 1910s  | See more »

Taglines:

6 reels of Joy. See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama | Family

Parents Guide:

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Details

Country:

USA

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Хлапето See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$2,500,000 (USA)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | (1971 edit with new Chaplin score)  | Germany:

Sound Mix:

Mono (new music score) (1971) | Silent

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Trivia

The main theme from Charles Chaplin's score is based on a theme from Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's 6th Symphony. See more »

Goofs

Continuity: The brute punches through a brick wall, but the damage pattern changes in later shots. See more »

Connections

Referenced in Our Father (2002) See more »