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Cruel, Cruel Love

1914 • 0h9m Comedy

Rating

5.1/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

George Nichols

Mack Sennett

Screenplay

Craig Hutchinson

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Edgar Kennedy

Minta Durfee

Release date

3/26/1914

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

58