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A Balasaur Score of 87 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 88% of the 60 1920s comedy movies in this catalog. It runs a compact 1h 8m. Streaming on Max and Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 18 points higher than audiences do.
2,437 audience votes
Key crew
- Charlie ChaplinDirector
- Charlie ChaplinWriter
- Charlie ChaplinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Charlie ChaplinA Tramp
- Jackie CooganThe Kid
- Carl MillerThe Man
- Edna PurvianceThe Woman
- Albert AustinCar Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
- Beulah BainsBride (uncredited)
- Nellie Bly BakerSlum Nurse (uncredited)
- Henry BergmanProfessor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)
- Edward BibyOrphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)
- B.F. BlinnAssistant (uncredited)
- Kitty BradburyBride's Mother (uncredited)
- Frank CampeauWelfare Officer (uncredited)
Stills
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Themes
angelsuicide attemptfistfightslapstick comedyblack and whiteclass differencesfoundlingsilent filmdream sequencesemi autobiographicalcar theftillegitimate child
Comedy Movies on Max, Ranked
The Kid is #4 of 60
