Cruel, Cruel Love

Year: 1914

Runtime: 9 mins

Directors: Mack Sennett, George Nichols

Comedy

A brief Keystone comedy, this early Chaplin short shows him abandoning the familiar Tramp to portray a wealthy, upper‑class gentleman. His courtship is threatened when his girlfriend catches him in an embrace with a maid, putting his reputation at risk. Chaplin’s leading lady, Minta Durfee, was married to fellow Keystone star Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle.

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