Summary
A tramp falls in love with a beautiful blind flower girl. His on-and-off friendship with a wealthy man allows him to be the girl's benefactor and suitor.
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
Virginia Cherrill
A Blind Girl
Florence Lee
Her Grandmother
Harry Myers
An Eccentric Millionaire
Al Ernest Garcia
His Butler
Hank Mann
A Prizefighter
Albert Austin
Street Sweeper / Burglar (uncredited)
Eddie Baker
Boxing Fight Referee (uncredited)
Henry Bergman
Mayor / Blind Girl's Downstairs Neighbor (uncredited)
Buster Brodie
Bald Party Guest (uncredited)
Jeanne Carpenter
Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)
Tom Dempsey
Boxer (uncredited)
James Donnelly
Street Sweepers' Foreman (uncredited)
Ray Erlenborn
Newsboy (uncredited)
Robert Graves
Police Officer (uncredited)
Charles Hammond
Street Passerby (uncredited)
Joseph Herrick
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Austen Jewell
Newsboy (uncredited)
Willie Keeler
Boxer (uncredited)
Robert Parrish
Newsboy (uncredited)
John Rand
Tramp Who Dives for Cigar (uncredited)
W.C. Robinson
Man Who Throws Away Cigar (uncredited)
Cy Slocum
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Tony Stabenau
Victorious Boxer - Later Knocked Out (uncredited)
Mark Strong
Man in Restaurant (uncredited)
Tiny Ward
Man in Elevator in Front of the Art Shop (uncredited)
Stanhope Wheatcroft
Distinguished Gentleman in Cafe (uncredited)
Florence Wix
Woman Who Sits on Cigar (uncredited)
Granville Redmond
Sculptor (uncredited)
Wyn Ritchie Evans
(uncredited)
Joe Van Meter
Burglar (uncredited)
Johnny Aber
Newsboy (uncredited)
Jack Alexander
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
T.S. Alexander
Doctor (uncredited)
Victor Alexander
Superstitious Boxer (uncredited)
Harry Ayers
Cop (uncredited)
Edward Biby
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Betty Blair
Woman at Center of Table in Restaurant (uncredited)
Marie Cooper
Dancer (uncredited)
Peter Diego
Man in Mix-Up with Coat and Hat (uncredited)
Ruth Garcia
Woman at Left of Table in Restaurant (uncredited)
Milton Gowman
Street Passerby (uncredited)
Ad Herman
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
A.B. Lane
Boxing Match Spectator (uncredited)
Eddie McAuliffe
Eddie Mason - Boxer (uncredited)
Leila McIntyre
Flower Shop Assistant (uncredited)
George Nardelli
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Margaret Oliver
Street Passerby (uncredited)
Mrs. Pope
Diner in Restaurant (uncredited)
James Sheldon
Young Man (uncredited)
Jack Sutherland
Tall Man at Party (uncredited)
Emmett Wagner
Second (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Screenplay
Charlie Chaplin
Screenplay
Harry Crocker
Screenplay
Harry Carr
Reviews
Geronimo1967
July 14, 2024
7
Virginia Cherrill charmingly plays a young, blind, flower seller whom the tramp (Charlie Chaplin) falls for, hook line and sinker. Later that night, he is crossing a bridge when he encounters a suicidal, dipso, millionaire (Harry Myers) whom he convinces to hang about for a while longer, and who by way of appreciation invites him to a party at his mansion, then to a series of evening entertainments. Thing is, when he wakes up with the mother of all hangovers next morning, though, he has never a clue who the tramp is and so gets his butler to send him packing. Meantime, still determined to help his new love, our kindly vagrant reads in a newspaper that there might be might be a cure for her blindness - but it will be expensive. His boozy buddy offers him $1,000 to help but when, as usual in the morning, he sobers up and denies all knowledge of the "gift". The police are called and things now take a series of unhappy turns that force the tramp to think of other ways of raising the cash. This challenge is especially spurned on when he discovers that she has left her usual selling spot and is now quite poorly and being taken care of by her grandmother (Florence Lee) - and they are facing eviction. It's probably his attempts at boxing that provide for most of the entertainment here, but there are plenty of other humorous exploits - especially between him and Myers and the scenes with Cherrill are touching and joyous, too. Chaplin keeps the pace moving along well with plenty of variety in a film that's a gem to watch.
