Cruel, Cruel Love
1914 · 9m · Not Rated
Comedy
Directed by
George Nichols
,
Mack Sennett
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Cruel, Cruel Love
Overview
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 and cast
- George Nichols Director
- Mack Sennett Director
- Charlie Chaplin as Mr Dovey
- Edgar Kennedy as Butler
- Minta Durfee as The lady
- Eva Nelson as Maid
- 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 Cast
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