The Kid (1921) | Directed by Charlie Chaplin - Full Movie

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The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, and features Jackie Coogan as his foundling baby, adopted son and sidekick. This was Chaplin's first full-length film as a director (he had been a co-star in 1914's Tillie's Punctured Romance). It was a huge success, and was the second-highest-grossing film in 1921, behind The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. In 2011, The Kid was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
Written by: Charlie Chaplin
Produced by: Charlie Chaplin
Starring: Charlie Chaplin, Jackie Coogan, Edna Purviance
Cinematography: R. H. Totheroh
Edited by: Charlie Chaplin
Music by: Charlie Chaplin (1972 re-release)
Production company: Charles Chaplin Productions
Distributed by: First National
Release date: January 21, 1921 (Premiere), February 6, 1921
Running time: 68 minutes (original cut), 53 minutes (1972 re-release)
Country: United States
Languages: Silent, English intertitles
Budget: $250,000
Box office: $5,450,000 by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."