
Mabel's Married Life(1914)
Mabel goes home after being humiliated by a masher whom her husband won't fight. The husband goes off to a bar and gets drunk.


This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.

Charlie Chaplin
Mr. Dovey

Edgar Kennedy
Butler

Minta Durfee
The Lady
Eva Nelson
Maid

Glen Cavender
Bearded Doctor (uncredited)
William Hauber
Gardener (uncredited)
Bert Hunn
Tall Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Harry Russell
Bald Doctor (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Short Ambulance Attendant
Cruel, Cruel Love is a comedy film released in 1914 exploring themes of black and white, silent film. Directed by Mack Sennett, it stars Charlie Chaplin, Edgar Kennedy, Minta Durfee. This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
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