The Kid (1921)

Movie Details

Original Title The Kid

Original Language EN

Budget $250,000

Revenue $2,500,000

Status Released

Popularity 3.8

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

A Tramp

Popularity: 3.5

Jackie Coogan

The Kid

Popularity: 1.6

Carl Miller

The Man

Popularity: 0.3

Edna Purviance

The Woman

Popularity: 0.7

Albert Austin

Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.5

Beulah Bains

Bride (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.1

Nellie Bly Baker

Slum Nurse (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.1

Henry Bergman

Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)

Popularity: 3.2

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Edward Biby

Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.2

B.F. Blinn

Assistant (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.1

Kitty Bradbury

Bride's Mother (uncredited)

Popularity: 0.2

Frank Campeau

Welfare Officer (uncredited)

Popularity: 1.9

Key Crew

Director Charlie Chaplin

Producer Charlie Chaplin

Writer Charlie Chaplin

Production

Charles Chaplin Productions

Videos & Trailers

THE KID – NEW 100TH ANNIVERSARY TRAILER

Trailer

Jackie Coogan on THE KID

Featurette

Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

angel suicide attempt fistfight slapstick comedy black and white class differences foundling silent film dream sequence semi autobiographical car theft illegitimate child unwed mother abandoned baby out of wedlock child

Reviews from TMDB

Andres Gomez 8/10

Feb 25, 2016

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.

barrymost 6/10

Jul 28, 2021

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CinemaSerf 8/10

Jul 14, 2024

An impoverished woman (Edna Purviance) feels compelled to abandon her child in the hope that he might find a better life - so she leaves him (with a short note) in the back of a car. The two men who find the little bundle don't want anything to do with him, so plonk him down behind some rubbish wher ... Read more