DFS Film: The Kid
Charlie Chaplin’s first feature finds the down-but-never-out Tramp adopting a foundling child. Live accompaniment by Bob Merrill.
Location
BFVAC - Loew Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
Live piano accompaniment by Bob Merrill
One heaves rocks through windows. The other arrives moments later in the guise of an expert repairman. It’s the perfect family business! Combining sentiment and slapstick, Charlie Chaplin’s first feature finds the down-but-never-out Tramp adopting a foundling child. Raised in the School of Hard Knocks by the Tramp, the adorable ragamuffin (6-year-old Jackie Coogan) becomes his inseparable sidekick. As the title cards promise, it is indeed “a picture with a smile—and perhaps a tear.” D: Charlie Chaplin, US, 1921, 53m
Location
BFVAC - Loew Auditorium
Sponsored by
Hopkins Center for the Arts
Audience
Public
