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Making a Living

  • 19141914
  • TV-GTV-G
  • 11m
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Charles Chaplin in Making a Living (1914)
ShortComedy
An out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. H... Read allAn out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. His rival is delayed when he gets caught in a woman's bedroom by her jealous husband. The s... Read allAn out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. His rival is delayed when he gets caught in a woman's bedroom by her jealous husband. The swindler follows the distribution of the paper containing his 'scoop' around town where he ... Read all
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    • Henry Lehrman(uncredited)
    • Reed Heustis(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Charles Chaplin
    • Emma Clifton(uncredited)
    • Chester Conklin(uncredited)
    • Henry Lehrman(uncredited)
    • Reed Heustis(uncredited)
  • Stars
    • Charles Chaplin
    • Emma Clifton(uncredited)
    • Chester Conklin(uncredited)
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    • 28User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Charles Chaplin and Alice Davenport in Making a Living (1914)
    Alice Davenport and Virginia Kirtley in Making a Living (1914)
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    Charles Chaplin, Alice Davenport, and Virginia Kirtley in Making a Living (1914)
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    Henry Lehrman in Making a Living (1914)
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    Charles Chaplin
    Charles Chaplin
    • Edgar English - Swindler
    Emma Clifton
    • Jealous Husband's Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Chester Conklin
    Chester Conklin
    • Policeman
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    Alice Davenport
    Alice Davenport
    • Mother
    • (uncredited)
    Minta Durfee
    Minta Durfee
    • Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Billy Gilbert
    • Jealous Husband
    • (uncredited)
    Beverly Griffith
    • Seated Man with Editor
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Inslee
    Charles Inslee
    • Newspaper Editor
    • (uncredited)
    Edgar Kennedy
    Edgar Kennedy
    • Wreck Bystander
    • (uncredited)
    Virginia Kirtley
    Virginia Kirtley
    • Daughter
    • (uncredited)
    Keystone Kops
    • Cops
    • (uncredited)
    Henry Lehrman
    Henry Lehrman
    • Reporter
    • (uncredited)
    Grover Ligon
    • Bald Man in Newspaper Office
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Nolan
    • Cop at Apartment Steps
    • (uncredited)
    Tammany Young
    Tammany Young
    • Onlooker
    • (uncredited)
      • Henry Lehrman(uncredited)
      • Reed Heustis(uncredited)
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    • Trivia
      Film debut of Charles Chaplin. NOTE: One of the few films in those early years in which he does not play the Tramp.
    • Connections
      Featured in Hollywood and the Stars: The Funny Men: Part 1 (1963)

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    7/10
    First film with Charlie Chaplin, inspired by Max Linder
    For his first film, Charlie Chaplin does not yet wear his tramp costume but is dressed as a dandy, a character clearly inspired by Max Linder.

    This is a good example of the one- or two-reel slapstick comedies which constituted a large part of American film production at the time. While there is a story which keeps the viewer's interest, it is mainly an opportunity to accumulate as many visual gags as possible. Only four inter-titles are used in the film and they are not even really necessary. Although the filming consists mostly of wide shots and three quarter shots, always with a static camera, the editing gives a very dynamic progression of the action, with a systematic use of cross- cutting. The fact that it is mostly filmed on location in the streets of Los Angeles and in the office of the L.A. Times gives it authenticity and adds now a historical interest with views of the city and of different parts of a newspaper office in 1914, notably shots of a Linotype used for the composition of the newspaper.

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      • February 2, 1914 (United States)
      • United States
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      • Keystone Film Company
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    • 11 minutes
      • Black and White
      • Silent

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