About
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.
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
A Tramp
Jackie Coogan
The Kid
Edna Purviance
The Woman
Carl Miller
The Man
Albert Austin
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)
Keywords
silent film fistfight semi autobiographical slapstick black and white suicide attempt class differences angel rich poor dream sequence unwed mother out of wedlock child car theft foundling illegitimate child little tramp abandoned baby raised like own child good deed doer
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Lists
#101 on IMDb top 250 IMDb
#300 on 1,000 greatest films They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?