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Cruel, Cruel Love

Cruel, Cruel Love

★ 5.2/10•1914•9m•NR•Comedy

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.

George Nichols · Director

Mack Sennett · Director

Craig Hutchinson · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime9m
LanguageEN
Release DateMar 26, 1914

Actors

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

Mr. Dovey

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

Butler

Minta Durfee

Minta Durfee

The Lady

Eva Nelson

Maid

Glen Cavender

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

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