Cruel, Cruel Love - silent Charlie Chaplin comedy

Cruel, Cruel Love (1914) starring Charlie Chaplin, Minta DurfeeShow more

"This early Charlie Chaplin film doesn’t have him playing the little tramp. Instead, he plays a rich, upper-class gentleman. His romance is endangered when his girlfriend sees him being embraced by a maid. Jilted by his fiancee, Chaplin plans to commit suicide. However, his butler replaces his glass of poison with water, allowing his fiancee to be able to rush to his “deathbed” and all ends well."
https://famousclowns.org/charlie-chaplin/short-films/cruel-cruel-love-1914/