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	Charles Chaplin (left) and Jackie Coogan. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Charlie Chaplin (Charles Chaplin) [a tramp], Jack Coogan (Jackie Coogan) [the child], Edna Purviance [the woman], Carl Miller [the man]; Henry Bergman [Professor Guido, one of the woman’s well-wishers; and the flophouse proprietor], Tom Wilson [the slum policeman who restrains and chases the tramp], Lolita MacMurray (Lita Grey) [the flirting angel in the Heaven dream sequence], Chuck Reisner (Charles Reisner) [the street tough; and an angel in the Heaven dream sequence], Jack Coogan (Sr.) [the flophouse pickpocket; the demon in the Heaven dream sequence], Albert Austin [XXXX], Beulah Bains [the sad bride in the wedding scene], Robert Dunbar [the old groom in the wedding scene], Kitty Bradbury [the sad bride’s mother in the wedding scene], Rupert Franklin [the sad bride’s father in the wedding scene; and an extra in the reception scene], Flora Howard [a bridesmaid in the wedding scene], Elsie Sindora [a bridesmaid in the wedding scene], Arthur Thalasso [the car thief with a revolver gun], Nellie Bly Baker [the slum nurse; and a woman of the slums], Edward Biby [the XXXX driver], B.F. Blinn [the driver’s assistant], Frank Campeau [a welfare officer], Jules Hanft [the country doctor], Silas Hathaway [the child (Jackie), as an infant], Kathleen Kay [the woman’s maid], May White [the woman’s maid], Walter Lynch [a policeman], John McKinnon [the police chief], Granville Redmond [the man’s artist friend], S.D. Wilcox [a beat policeman], Gloria Faythe [a child of the slums], Raymond Lee [a child of the slums], Dan Dillon [a tramp], Edgar Sherrod [a priest], Minnie Stearns [a fierce woman], Edith Valk [the woman with a baby carriage], Baby Wilson [the baby in the carriage], Bliss Chevalier [an extra in the wedding scene], Estelle Cook [an extra in the wedding scene], Lillian Crane [an extra in the wedding scene], Philip D’Oench [an extra in the wedding scene], Florette Faulkner [an extra in the wedding scene], Martha Hall [an extra in the wedding scene], Irene Jennings [an extra in the wedding scene], Grace Keller [an extra in the wedding scene], Sarah Kernan [an extra in the wedding scene], V. Madison [an extra in the wedding scene], Charles I. Pierce [an extra in the wedding scene], Evans Quirk [an extra in the wedding scene], J.B. Russell [an extra in the wedding scene], Elsie Young [an extra in the wedding scene], Elsie Codd [an extra in the street fight sequence], Louise Hathaway [an extra in the street fight sequence], Mother Vinot [an extra in the street fight sequence], Amanda Yanez [an extra in the street fight sequence], Baby Yanez [an extra in the street fight sequence], Frances Cochran [an extra in the reception scene], Frank Hale [an extra in the reception scene], Ed Hunt [an extra in the reception scene], Clyde McAtee [an extra in the reception scene], George V. Sheldon [an extra in the reception scene], Michael J. McCarthy [a cook in the street fight sequence; and an angel extra in the Heaven dream sequence], Sadie Gordon [an extra in the Heaven dream sequence], Lulu Jenks [an extra in the Heaven dream sequence], Ethel O’Neil [an extra in the Heaven dream sequence], Lew Parker [an extra in the Heaven dream sequence], Laura Pollard [an extra in the Heaven dream sequence], Esther Ralston [an extra in the Heaven dream sequence], Henry Roser [an extra in the Heaven dream sequence], [?] Phyllis Allen?, [?] Monta Bell?

Charles Chaplin Productions production; distributed by Associated First National Pictures, Incorporated [A First National Attraction]. / Produced by Charles Chaplin. Scenario by Charles Chaplin. Art direction by Charles D. Hall. Costume seamstress, Mother Vinot. Associate director, Charles Reisner. Assistant directors, Frank Powolny and A. Edward Sutherland. Cinematography by Roland H. Totheroh. Second camera operator, Jack Wilson. Camera assistant, H. Wenger. / © 17 January 1921 by Charles Chaplin [LP16019]. Released 6 February 1921. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Chaplin’s fifth First National contract film. Coogan later claimed that his father appeared in seven different roles in the film.

Comedy-Drama.

Survival status: Prints exist [35mm positives].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Broken windows - Chases - Children: Orphans - Crime: Scams - Criminals: Scam artists - Law: Enforcement: Police: Policemen - Social agencies

Listing updated: 27 February 2025.

References: Film credits, film viewing : Bardèche-History pp. 79, 214, 215-216, 217, 219, 233, 291, 295; Bohn-Light pp. xxi, 108; Dardis-Keaton pp. 96, 128; Drew-Speaking pp. 190-191, 283; Edelman-Baseball p. 45; Edmonds-Arbuckle p. 240; Everson-American pp. 14, 156, 266, 268; Fell-History p. 97; Jacobs-Chaplin pp. 61-68, 72, 81, 82a, 82b, 84, 86, 114, 136; Kerr-Silent pp. 80, 81, 88, 161, 163, 170-177, 178, 179, 184-185, 186, 250, 288, 359; Lahue-World pp. 148, 149; Lee-Not p. 66; Leish-Cinema p. 61; Leyda-Before p. 71; Limbacher-Feature p. 130; Maltin-Classic p. 358; Paris-Brooks p. 148; Schelly-Langdon pp. 56, 58, 108-109, 112; Schuchman-Hollywood p. 25; Sherwood-Best p. xvii; Shipman-Cinema p. 72; Sinyard-Silent pp. 44, 99, 101, 103, 104, 105; Sklar-Movie pp. 110, 114, 204; Vermilye-Twenties p. 161, Watters-Return p. ? : ClasIm-220 pp. C6, C8; ClasIm-225 p. 58 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

Home video: Blu-ray Disc, DVD.