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Current status - Released
Total runtime - 53 mins.
Release date - 21-01-1921
Release year - 1921
Genres - Comedy, Drama
Overall ratings and scores for The Kid:
Happiness Score - 8.2/10, World Popularity Score - 9.797/100, IMDB Score - 8.3, Metascore - N/A, Internet Movie Database - 8.3/10, Rotten Tomatoes - 100%, .
The Kid movie has Total Global Votes - 1464, Total IMD Votes - 121,113
The Kid Movie Introduction: Movie The Kid, release year 1921 is written by Charles Chaplin and directed by Charles Chaplin. The leading star-cast in this movie are Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan along with the other stars and crew members.
Trailers, Clips, Featurettes and Behind the Scenes
THE KID – NEW 100TH ANNIVERSARY TRAILER
Jackie Coogan on THE KID
Movie overview and plot by Anagha Shashank
Movie in-short: The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy.
Movie story-line: 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.
Movie synopsis: The opening title reads: "A comedy with a smile--and perhaps a tear". As she leaves the charity hospital and passes a church wedding, Edna deposits her new baby with a pleading note in a limousine and goes off to commit suicide. The limo is stolen by thieves who dump the baby by a garbage can. Charlie the Tramp finds the baby and makes a home for him. Five years later Edna has become an opera star but does charity work for slum youngsters in hope of finding her boy. A doctor called by Edna discovers the note with the truth about the Kid and reports it to the authorities who come to take him away from Charlie. Before he arrives at the Orphan Asylum Charlie steals him back and takes him to a flophouse. The proprietor reads of a reward for the Kid and takes him to Edna. Charlie is later awakened by a kind policeman who reunites him with the Kid at Edna's mansion.
Highlights - The Kid (1921)
Total budget - $250,000.00
Total revenue - $2,500,000.00
Produced by - First National PicturesCharles Chaplin Productions
Produced in - United States of America
Available languages - No Language (No Language),
Homepage URL -
Awards won / Nominations - 2 wins
Certificate(s) - CZ : AL SE : T DE : U FI : M/6 PT : NR US : U
Lead Actors, Writer(s), Director(s) of The Kid (1921)
Lead Actors - Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan
Writer(s) - Charles Chaplin
Director(s) - Charles Chaplin
Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ) about The Kid (1921)
What is the release date of The Kid (1921)?
Release date of The Kid (1921) is 21-01-1921.
What is the total runtime of The Kid (1921) in minutes?
Total runtime of The Kid (1921) in minutes is 68 min.
What is the budget consumed to produce The Kid (1921) movie?
The budget consumed to produce The Kid (1921) movie is around $250,000.00.
How much revenue is expected from movie The Kid (1921)?
Expected revenue from movie movie The Kid (1921) is around $2,500,000.00.
What is the pupularity of The Kid (1921)?
Worldwide pupularity of The Kid (1921) movie is 9.797%.
What is the name of the production company of film The Kid (1921)?
Production company of film The Kid (1921) is/are First National Pictures, Charles Chaplin Productions, .
Which country the film The Kid (1921) is produced in?
Film production country for the film The Kid (1921) is United States of America, .
Which language the film The Kid (1921) is produced in?
Film The Kid (1921) is produced in No Language (No Language), language(s).
Which Genre the film The Kid (1921) belongs to?
Movie The Kid (1921) is categorized under Comedy, Drama, Family genre(s).
Who are the lead actors of the film The Kid (1921)?
Lead actors of the film The Kid (1921) are Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance, Jackie Coogan.
Who is the writer of the film The Kid (1921)?
The writer(s) of the film The Kid (1921) is/are Charles Chaplin.
Who is the director of the film The Kid (1921)?
The director(s) of the film The Kid (1921) is/are Charles Chaplin.
Which awards, nominations and recognitions are won by The Kid (1921) movie?
Movie The Kid (1921) has 2 wins awards and nomination in it's profile.
What is the story of The Kid (1921) in-short?
Short plot of movie The Kid (1921): The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy..
What is the full story of The Kid (1921) movie?
Full plot of movie The Kid (1921): The opening title reads: "A comedy with a smile--and perhaps a tear". As she leaves the charity hospital and passes a church wedding, Edna deposits her new baby with a pleading note in a limousine and goes off to commit suicide. The limo is stolen by thieves who dump the baby by a garbage can. Charlie the Tramp finds the baby and makes a home for him. Five years later Edna has become an opera star but does charity work for slum youngsters in hope of finding her boy. A doctor called by Edna discovers the note with the truth about the Kid and reports it to the authorities who come to take him away from Charlie. Before he arrives at the Orphan Asylum Charlie steals him back and takes him to a flophouse. The proprietor reads of a reward for the Kid and takes him to Edna. Charlie is later awakened by a kind policeman who reunites him with the Kid at Edna's mansion..
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You can find the full details of movie The Kid (1921) at https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0012349
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List of full Starcast and crew members of The Kid (1921)
Full Starcast:
Name: Charlie Chaplin
Character: A Tramp
Name: Jackie Coogan
Character: The Kid
Name: Edna Purviance
Character: The Woman
Name: Carl Miller
Character: The Man
Name: Albert Austin
Character: Man in Shelter (uncredited)
Name: Charles Reisner
Character: Bully (uncredited)
Name: Lita Grey
Character: Flirtatious Angel (uncredited)
Name: Beulah Bains
Character: Bride (uncredited)
Name: Nellie Bly Baker
Character: Slum Nurse (uncredited)
Name: Henry Bergman
Character: Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)
Name: Edward Biby
Character: Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)
Name: F. Blinn
Character: Assistant (uncredited)
Name: Kitty Bradbury
Character: Bride's Mother (uncredited)
Name: Frank Campeau
Character: Welfare Officer (uncredited)
Name: Bliss Chevalier
Character: Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Name: Frances Cochran
Character: Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
Name: Elsie Codd
Character: Extra in Alley Scene (uncredited)
Name: Jack Coogan Sr.
Character: Pickpocket / Guest / Devil (uncredited)
Name: Estelle Cook
Character: Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Name: Lillian Crane
Character: Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Name: Dan Dillon
Character: Bum (uncredited)
Name: Philip D'Oench
Character: Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Name: Robert Dunbar
Character: Bridegroom (uncredited)
Name: Sadie Gordon
Character: Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Name: Jules Hanft
Character: Physician (uncredited)
Name: Kathleen Kay
Character: Maid (uncredited)
Name: Raymond Lee
Character: His Kid Brother (uncredited)
Name: Clyde McAtee
Character: Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
Name: John McKinnon
Character: Chief of Police (uncredited)
Name: Lew Parker
Character: Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Name: Esther Ralston
Character: Extra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Name: Granville Redmond
Character: The Man's Friend (uncredited)
Name: Edgar Sherrod
Character: Priest (uncredited)
Name: S.D. Wilcox
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Name: Tom Wilson
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Crew Members:
Name: Charles D. Hall
Department: Art
Job/Role: Art Direction
Name: Charlie Chaplin
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Director
Name: Charlie Chaplin
Department: Editing
Job/Role: Editor
Name: Charlie Chaplin
Department: Production
Job/Role: Producer
Name: Charlie Chaplin
Department: Sound
Job/Role: Original Music Composer
Name: Charlie Chaplin
Department: Writing
Job/Role: Writer
Name: Roland Totheroh
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Director of Photography
Name: Elsie Codd
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Unit Publicist
Name: A. Edward Sutherland
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director
Name: Charles Reisner
Department: Directing
Job/Role: Assistant Director
Name: Jack Wilson
Department: Camera
Job/Role: Camera Operator
Name: Toraichi Kono
Department: Crew
Job/Role: Driver
Reviews Section
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.
If you enjoy this review, please check out my blog, Old Hat Cinema, at https://oldhatcinema.medium.com/ for more reviews and other cool content. Two Little Tramps The most amazing thing about Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid is that it was released in January of 1921. That makes this film 100 years old! A century has gone by since it was made, released, and first viewed, and yet it’s still available to be appreciated anew today. The DVD print that I watched was in very good shape, the picture was great, and I felt that I was watching an important piece of cinema history. However, The Kid is by no means one of my favorite Chaplin films. In fact, two out of my top three aren’t even silent films, but prime examples of Chaplin’s later work: Monsieur Verdoux (1947) and Limelight (1952). And my third favorite, the 1936 masterpiece Modern Times, is only two-thirds silent! The plot of the film is quite simple: our beloved Little Tramp finds another little tramp, and and raises the foundling as his own. Years pass, and together, they rise above their life of poverty through the power of love and comedy. “Professionally funny” is a phrase that I thought a fitting description of Chaplin. He was an artistic genius, and he knew what he was doing and how to engage an audience. In fact, this was his first feature-length film, and he took a whopping five-and-a-half months to shoot it, which was an incredible amount of time for a film production in 1921. Chaplin, of course, not only starred, but wrote, directed, produced, and scored the film! Jackie Coogan was fantastic as “the Kid”, displaying a wide range of emotion and deftly tugging at the viewer’s heartstrings. His father, Jack Coogan, Sr., coached his son during filming and was paid $125 a week by Chaplin, and also played several small parts within the movie. Chaplin and Coogan in The Kid (1921) It is said that Chaplin and Coogan were as close off-screen as on, and every Sunday during the first few weeks of filming, Chaplin would take the boy to the amusement park or other fun activities. This relationship was seen as either an attempt on Chaplin’s part to reclaim his own unhappy childhood, or possibly he was just thinking about his own son whom he had lost, having died three days after birth. The Kid features a truly bizarre dream sequence in which the Tramp falls asleep on his doorstep and dreams of everyone — including himself — as an angel or demon. He envisions himself as an angel, with white, feathery wings spread out behind him, and a harp in his hand. Others, including a neighborhood bully, appear as demons, depicted traditionally in dark (presumably red) attire and horns atop their heads. Even a little dog, suspended on wires, comes floating by in a little angel costume! It’s one of the strangest and most inexplicable dream sequences I’ve seen in a film, and yet it is oddly captivating. The technical aspects in this film — both in the dream sequence and in the rest of the movie — are marvelous when one considers that it was made a hundred years ago, when the movie medium itself was less than thirty years old. Whether or not it is one of Chaplin’s greatest works is up to the individual viewer, but you cannot deny that it is a landmark movie, and holds an important place in the history of American cinema. It deserves a look, maybe even more than one. As the opening title card reads, it’s “a picture with a smile — and perhaps, a tear.”
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