1921

68m

The Kid

Summary

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.

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

A Tramp

Jackie Coogan

The Kid

Carl Miller

The Man

Edna Purviance

The Woman

Albert Austin

Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)

Beulah Bains

Bride (uncredited)

Nellie Bly Baker

Slum Nurse (uncredited)

Henry Bergman

Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)

Edward Biby

Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)

B.F. Blinn

Assistant (uncredited)

Kitty Bradbury

Bride's Mother (uncredited)

Frank Campeau

Welfare Officer (uncredited)

Bliss Chevalier

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Frances Cochran

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

Jack Coogan Sr.

Pickpocket / Guest / Devil (uncredited)

Estelle Cook

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Lillian Crane

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Philip D'Oench

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Dan Dillon

Bum (uncredited)

Robert Dunbar

Bridegroom (uncredited)

Florette Faulkner

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Gloria Faythe

Little Girl (uncredited)

Rupert Franklin

Bride's Father / Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

Sadie Gordon

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

Lita Grey

Flirtatious Angel (uncredited)

Frank Hale

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

Martha Hall

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Jules Hanft

Physician (uncredited)

Louise Hathaway

Extra in Alley Scene (uncredited)

Silas Hathaway

The Kid as a Baby (uncredited)

Flora Howard

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Ed Hunt

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

Lulu Jenks

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

Irene Jennings

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Kathleen Kay

Maid (uncredited)

Grace Keller

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Sarah Kernan

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Raymond Lee

His Kid Brother (uncredited)

Walter Lynch

Tough Cop (uncredited)

V. Madison

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Clyde McAtee

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

Michael J. McCarthy

Extra (Angel) Heaven & (Cook) Alley Scene (uncredited)

John McKinnon

Chief of Police (uncredited)

Ethel O'Neil

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

Lew Parker

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

Charles I. Pierce

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Laura Pollard

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Evans Quirk

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Esther Ralston

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

Granville Redmond

The Man's Friend (uncredited)

Charles Reisner

Bully (uncredited)

Henry Roser

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

J.B. Russell

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

George V. Sheldon

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

Edgar Sherrod

Priest (uncredited)

Elsie Sindora

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

Minnie Stearns

Fierce Woman (uncredited)

Arthur Thalasso

Car Thief with Gun (uncredited)

Edith Valk

Lady with Baby Carriage (uncredited)

May White

Edna's Maid (uncredited)

S.D. Wilcox

Cop (uncredited)

Edith Wilson

Baby in Carriage (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Policeman (uncredited)

Amanda Yanez

Extra in Alley Scene (uncredited)

Baby Yanez

Extra in Alley Scene (uncredited)

Elsie Young

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Cute and funny. It is difficult to say anything new from this movie or Charles Chaplin. He just delivers a complete story with a lot of different elements. Remarkable is also the performance of Jackie Coogan.