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.
The Kid is a 1921 American silent dramedy film written by, produced by, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, it features Jackie Coogan as his adopted son and sidekick. It was a huge success, and was the second-highest grossing film in 1921, behind The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
The Little Tramp finds an abandoned baby in an alley and takes care of him. As the child gets older, he becomes the Tramp's partner in crime, scamming people in order to survive. Eventually, however, welfare services attempt to take the boy away, resulting in a desperate search and an emotional reunion.
This was Charlie Chaplin's first full-length movie.
The film stars:
- Charlie Chaplin ...The Tramp
- Edna Purviance ... Mother
- Jackie Coogan ... The Kid ("John")
- Carl Miller... The Man
- Tom Wilson ... Cop
- Jack Coogan Sr... Pickpocket / Guest / Devil
- Henry Bergman ... Empresario
- Lita Grey ... Angel of Temptation
The Kid was originally made on an estimated budget of $250,000 and it reaped a gross profit of $2,500,000. Critics at the time praised the film for its effortless combination of comedy and pathos, which is not as easy as it looks.
I recommend this movie to people of all age groups as it is a pretty heart-warming story with a great storyline.
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