The Kid (1921 film)

The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedydrama film written by, produced by, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan as his adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplins first fulllength film as a director he had been a costar in 1914s Tillies Punctured Romance. It was a huge success, and was the secondhighest grossing film in 1921, behind The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In 2011, The Kid was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant. Daring in its combination of comedic and dramatic elements, The Kid is widely considered one of the greatest films of the silent era.

Five years passed, and the child Jackie Coogan becomes the Tramps partner in minor crime, throwing stones to break windows that the Tramp, working as a glazier, can then repair. Meanwhile, the woman becomes a wealthy star. She does charity work among the poor to fill the void of her missing child. By chance, the mother and child cross paths, but do not recognize each other. When the boy becomes sick, a doctor comes to see him. He discovers that the Tramp is not the boys father. The Tramp shows him the note left by the mother, but the doctor merely takes it and notifies the authorities. Two men come to take the boy to an orphanage, but after a fight and a chase, the Tramp regains his boy. When the woman comes back to see how the boy is doing, the doctor tells her what has happened, then shows her the note, which she recognizes.Now fugitives, the Tramp and the boy spend the night in a flophouse, but the manager Bergman, having read of the 1000 reward in 2015 figures, roughly 13,300 offered for the child, takes him to the police station to be united with his ecstatic mother. When the Tramp wakes up, he searches frantically for the missing boy, then returns to doze beside the nowlocked doorway to their humble home. In his sleep, he enters Dreamland, with angels in residence and devilish interlopers. He is awakened by a policeman, who places the Tramp in a car and rides with him to a house. When the door opens, the woman and John emerge, reuniting the elated adoptive father and son. The policeman, who is happy for the family, shakes the Tramps hand and leaves, before the woman welcomes the Tramp into her home. ........

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