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Cruel, Cruel Love

Independent Films, Film Profiles

Cruel, Cruel Love

Cruel, Cruel Love is a 1914 American comedy silent film made at the Keystone Studios and starring Charlie Chaplin.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

Language: English

Year of Production: 1914

Length: 16 min.

Country: United States

Directors:

  • George Nichols, Mack Sennett

Producers:

  • Mack Sennett

Actors:

  • Charles Chaplin, Edgar Kennedy, Minta Durfee, Alice Davenport, Glen Cavender, Billy Gilbert, Chester Conklin, (uncredited)