Watch Cruel, Cruel Love (1914) Free Online

Release Date: 1914

Cast: Billy Gilbert, Edgar Kennedy, Alice Davenport, Glen Cavender, Charlie Chaplin, Chester Conklin, Minta Durfee, Alice Davenport

Categories: Movies, Short Film, Comedy, Silent film, Indie, Black-and-white

Cruel, Cruel Love is a 1914 American comedy silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin. This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Cruel, Cruel Love was presumed a lost film for 50 years until a rather good complete nitrate copy was discovered in South... MORE

Cruel, Cruel Love is a 1914 American comedy silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin. This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. Cruel, Cruel Love was presumed a lost film for 50 years until a rather good complete nitrate copy was discovered in South America. Cruel, Cruel Love was then copied and its original two reel format is available for sale. LESS