Cruel, Cruel Love

Synopsis

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.

Director

George Nichols

Written by

Craig Hutchinson

Studio

Keystone Film Company

Released

26 March 1914

Genres

Comedy