The Kid

1921 PG-13 1h 8m

8.1 /10

2.3K

Genre

Comedy Drama

Plot

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.

Director

Charlie Chaplin

Writers

Charlie Chaplin

Stars

Charlie Chaplin Jackie Coogan Carl Miller

Cast & Crew

Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)

Beulah Bains

Bride (uncredited)

Nellie Bly Baker

Slum Nurse (uncredited)

Henry Bergman

Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)

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Edward Biby

Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)

B.F. Blinn

Assistant (uncredited)

Kitty Bradbury

Bride's Mother (uncredited)

Frank Campeau

Welfare Officer (uncredited)

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Bliss Chevalier

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Frances Cochran

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

Jack Coogan Sr.

Pickpocket / Guest / Devil (uncredited)

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Estelle Cook

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Lillian Crane

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Philip D'Oench

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Bridegroom (uncredited)

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Florette Faulkner

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Gloria Faythe

Little Girl (uncredited)

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Rupert Franklin

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

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Sadie Gordon

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

Lita Grey

Flirtatious Angel (uncredited)

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Frank Hale

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

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Martha Hall

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Jules Hanft

Physician (uncredited)

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Louise Hathaway

Extra in Alley Scene (uncredited)

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Silas Hathaway

The Kid as a Baby (uncredited)

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Flora Howard

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

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Ed Hunt

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

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Lulu Jenks

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

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Irene Jennings

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Sarah Kernan

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Raymond Lee

His Kid Brother (uncredited)

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Walter Lynch

Tough Cop (uncredited)

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V. Madison

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Clyde McAtee

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

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Michael J. McCarthy

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

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John McKinnon

Chief of Police (uncredited)

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Ethel O'Neil

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

Lew Parker

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

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Charles I. Pierce

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Laura Pollard

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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Evans Quirk

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

Esther Ralston

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

Granville Redmond

The Man's Friend (uncredited)

Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)

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J.B. Russell

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

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George V. Sheldon

Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)

Bridesmaid (uncredited)

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Minnie Stearns

Fierce Woman (uncredited)

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Arthur Thalasso

Car Thief with Gun (uncredited)

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Edith Valk

Lady with Baby Carriage (uncredited)

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May White

Edna's Maid (uncredited)

Baby in Carriage (uncredited)

Tom Wilson

Policeman (uncredited)

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Amanda Yanez

Extra in Alley Scene (uncredited)

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Baby Yanez

Extra in Alley Scene (uncredited)

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Elsie Young

Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)

User Reviews

Geronimo1967

14 Jul 2024

An impoverished woman (Edna Purviance) feels compelled to abandon her child in the hope that he might find a better life - so she leaves him (with a s...

barrymost

28 Jul 2021

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tanty

25 Feb 2016

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 elem...