| Release Date: | Jan 1921 |
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| Genres: | Family / Drama / Comedy |
| Runtime: | 54 min |
| Cast: | Carl Miller (The Man), Edna Purviance (The Woman), Jackie Coogan (The Kid) Charles Chaplin (A Tramp) Albert Austin (Man in shelter (uncredited)) Beulah Bains (Bride (uncredited)) Nellie Bly Baker (Slum nurse (uncredited)) Henry Bergman (Night shelter keeper (uncredited)) F. Blinn (His assistant (uncredited)) Kitty Bradbury (Bride's mother (uncredited)) Frank Campeau (Welfare officer (uncredited)) Bliss Chevalier (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Frances Cochran (Extra in reception scene (uncredited)) Elsie Codd (Extra in alley scene (uncredited)) Jack Coogan Sr. (Devil) Estelle Cook (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Lillian Crane (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Dan Dillon (Bum (uncredited)) Philip D'Oench (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Robert Dunbar (Bridegroom (uncredited)) Florette Faulkner (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Rupert Franklin (Bride's father / Extra in reception...) Sadie Gordon (Extra in heaven scene (uncredited)) Lita Grey (Flirtatious Angel (uncredited)) Frank Hale (Extra in reception scene (uncredited)) Martha Hall (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Jules Hanft (Physician (uncredited)) Louise Hathaway (Extra in alley scene (uncredited)) Silas Hathaway (The Kid as a baby) Flora Howard (Bridesmaid (uncredited)) Ed Hunt (Extra in reception scene (uncredited)) Lulu Jenks (Extra in heaven scene (uncredited)) Irene Jennings (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Kathleen Kay (Maid (uncredited)) Grace Keller (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Sarah Kernan (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Raymond Lee (His kid brother (uncredited)) Walter Lynch (Tough cop (uncredited)) V. Madison (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Clyde McAtee (Extra in reception scene (uncredited)) John McKinnon (Chief of Police (uncredited)) Ethel O'Neil (Extra in heaven scene (uncredited)) Lew Parker (Extra in heaven scene (uncredited)) Charles I. Pierce (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Laura Pollard (Extra in heaven scene (uncredited)) Evans Quirk (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) Esther Ralston (Extra in heaven scene (uncredited)) Granville Redmond (The Man's friend (uncredited)) Charles Reisner (Bully (uncredited)) Henry Roser (Extra in heaven scene (uncredited)) J.B. Russell (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) George V. Sheldon (Extra in reception scene (uncredited)) Edgar Sherrod (Priest (uncredited)) Elsie Sindora (Bridesmaid (uncredited)) Minnie Stearns (Fierce woman (uncredited)) Mother Vinot (Extra in alley scene (uncredited)) May White (Edna's maid (uncredited)) S.D. Wilcox (Cop (uncredited)) Baby Wilson (Baby in carriage (uncredited)) Edith Wilson (Lady with baby carriage (uncredited)) Tom Wilson (Policeman (uncredited)) Amanda Yanez (Extra in alley scene (uncredited)) Baby Yanez (Extra in alley scene (uncredited)) Elsie Young (Extra in wedding scene (uncredited)) |
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.
