Cruel, Cruel Love (1914)
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.
- Date of release
- 1914-03-26
- TMDB
- 5.2 / 10 (63)
- Runtime
- 9m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Director
- Mack Sennett, George Nichols
Casting
- Charlie Chaplin — Mr. Dovey
- Edgar Kennedy — Butler
- Minta Durfee — The Lady
- Eva Nelson — Maid
- Glen Cavender — Bearded Doctor (uncredited)
- William Hauber — Gardener (uncredited)
- Bert Hunn — Tall Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
- Harry Russell — Bald Doctor (uncredited)
- Billy Gilbert — Short Ambulance Attendant
Interesting facts
Cruel, Cruel Love is a 1914 American comedy short silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin.
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