
City Lights(1931)
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.


“6 reels of Joy.”
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.

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)
The Kid is a comedy, drama film released in 1921 exploring themes of angel, suicide attempt, fistfight, slapstick comedy, black and white, class differences. Directed by Charlie Chaplin, it stars Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Carl Miller. 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.
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