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Cruel, Cruel Love

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Cruel, Cruel Love

5.1

0h 9m

1914

Synopsis

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.

Director

George Nichols

Mack Sennett

Comedy

black and whitesilent film

Cast & Crew

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

as Mr. Dovey

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

as Butler

Minta Durfee

Minta Durfee

as The Lady

Eva Nelson

as Maid

Glen Cavender

Glen Cavender

as Bearded Doctor (uncredited)

William Hauber

as Gardener (uncredited)

Bert Hunn

as Tall Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

Harry Russell

as Bald Doctor (uncredited)

Billy Gilbert

as Short Ambulance Attendant

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