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The Kid(2 disc)

 
 

Produced, Written, Composed Music Score and Directed by Charlie Chaplin

US 1921 / Comedy / Slapstick / Melodrama / 50 min / Black & White / Stereo / 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio / NTSC /  Silent With Optional English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, Korean and Thai Subtitles

 

Charles Chaplin, Jackie Coogan , Edna Purviance , Carl Miller, Tom Wilson, Henry Berman, Albert Austin.

For the first time as a filmmaker, Chaplin stepped into feature-length storytelling with this tale of the down- but-never-out Tramp (Chaplin) and the adorable ragamuffin (6-year-old Jackie Coogan) who, rescued as a foundling and raised in the School of Hard Knocks by the Tramp, is his inseparable sidekick. Memorable scenes include a lesson in table manners, the bully brawl and the Tramp's angelic dream. The Kid earns its wings.

 
       

Bonus Features:

All-new digital transfer from Chaplin family vault picture and audio elements
Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1 as well as original mono
Interactive menus
Scene access
Subtitles: English, Français, Español, Português, Chinese, Thai, & Korean
Introduction by David Robinson: Chaplin's biographer discusses the historical and cinematic context of the film
"Chaplin Today: The Kid": Documentary by Alain Bergala with the participation of the renowned Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami
Scenes deleted in 1971: Three scenes developing the role of the Kid's mother, played by Edna Purviance, which were deleted by Chaplin from the film for the 1971 reissue
How to Make Movies (1918): A film in which Chaplin shows the building of his new studio, and how movies are made there
My Boy (1921): A later film starring Jackie Coogan in a role close to that of The Kid
Jackie Coogan Dances (1920): Jackie Coogan performs an impromptu dance for visitors at the Chaplin studios
Nice and Friendly (1922): A home movie with Lord and Lady Mountbatten, Jackie Coogan, and Charles Chaplin
Charlie on the Ocean (1921): Newsreel footage of Charles Chaplin's first trip back to Europe
Jackie Coogan in Paris: Jackie Coogan in Paris during a charity fundraising trip
Recording the new score: Footage of Charles Chaplin conducting a section of his new score for The Kid
Photo gallery: Production stills and photos of Jackie Coogan
Film posters
Trailers
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