Movie
The Kid
Overview
A 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.
Details
- Release date
- 1921-01-21
- Runtime
- 68 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Charles Chaplin Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
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)
- Nellie Bly Baker as Slum Nurse (uncredited)
- Henry Bergman as Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)
- Edward Biby as Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)
- B.F. Blinn as Assistant (uncredited)
- Kitty Bradbury as Bride's Mother (uncredited)
- Frank Campeau as Welfare Officer (uncredited)
Crew
- Charlie Chaplin - Director
- Charlie Chaplin - Writer
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