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Cruel, Cruel Love (1914)

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.

Release: 1914-03-26
Runtime: 9 min
Rating: 5.129 / 10
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Mr. Dovey
Edgar Kennedy
Edgar Kennedy
Butler
Minta Durfee
Minta Durfee
The Lady
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Eva Nelson
Maid
Glen Cavender
Glen Cavender
Bearded Doctor (uncredited)
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William Hauber
Gardener (uncredited)
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Bert Hunn
Tall Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
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Harry Russell
Bald Doctor (uncredited)
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Billy Gilbert
Short Ambulance Attendant