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Making a Living

Release Date: 1914

Cast: Chester Conklin, Minta Durfee, Virginia Kirtley, Charlie Chaplin

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

Making a Living is the first film starring Charlie Chaplin. It premiered on February 2, 1914. Chaplin plays Edgar English, a lady-charming swindler who runs afoul of the Keystone Kops. Chaplin wore a large moustache and a top hat in this film, he also carries a walking cane. Whilst not "the tramp" the character is somewhat reminiscent of the tramp, having hat, cane, moustache and baggy trousers; his famed screen persona of "The Little Tramp" did not appear until his next film, Kid Auto Races at Venice. It was written and directed by Henry Lehrman. Edgar English cons a journalist out of... MORE

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