Kid, The (1921) [Warner Brothers]

DVD/APPROX. 199 MINS./1921/US NR

Main feature:

Release Mar 2, 2004
Video Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audio English: Dolby Digital 5.1
English: Dolby Digital 1.0
Subtitles Chinese, French, Korean, Portuguese, Thai
Studio Warner Brothers
Year 1921
Genre Comedy, Drama, War

Special features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access
  • Introduction by David Robinson - Chaplin's biographer discusses the historical and cinematic context of the film.
  • Chaplin Today: the Kid - Documentary by Alain Bergala with the participation of the renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami.
  • Scenes Deleted in 1971 - Three scenes developing the role of the Kid's mother played by Edna Purviance, which were deleted by Chaplin from the film for the 1971 reissue.
  • How to Make Movies (1918) - A film in which Chaplin shows the building of his new studio, and how movies are made there.
  • My Boy (1921) - A later film starring Jackie Coogan in a role closer to that of
  • Jackie Coogan Dances (1920) - Jackie Coogan performs an impromptu dance for visitors at the Chaplin studios.
  • Nice and Friendly (1922) - A home movie with Lord and Lady Mountbatten, Jackie Coogan and Charles Chaplin
  • Charlie on the Ocean (1921) - Newsreel footage of Charles Chaplin's first trip back to Europe
  • Jackie Coogan in Paris - Jackie Coogan in Paris during a charity fund-raising trip.
  • Recording the new Score - Footage of Charles Chaplin conducting a section of his new score for.
  • Photo Gallery - Production stills and photos of Jackie Coogan
  • Film Posters
  • Trailers
  • The Chaplin Collection

Synopsis:

"Mixes slapstick and sentiment in a winning combination." - Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide



One heaves rocks through windows. The other happens by in the nick of time to offer his services as an expert window repairman. It's a system that works. So does everything else about this beloved Charlie Chaplin classic whose blend of laughs and pathos changed the notion of what a screen comedy could be.





For the first time as a filmmaker, Chaplin stepped into feature-length storytelling with this tale of the down-but-never-out Tramp (Chaplin) and the adorable ragamuffin (6-year-old Jackie Coogan) who, rescued as a foundling and raised in the School of Hard Knocks by the Tramp, is this inseparable sidekick. Memorable scenes include a lesson in table manners, the bully brawl and the Tramp's angelic dream.  

Cast and Crew:

Warner Brothers presents
Charlie ChaplinJackie CooganEdna Purviance"Kid, The (1921)"
Written byCharles Chaplinproduced byCharles Chaplin
directed byCharles Chaplin
Production Year: 1921

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