Cruel, Cruel Love

9m
Comedy
5.1

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.

Cast

Charlie Chaplin
Mr. Dovey
Edgar Kennedy
Butler
Minta Durfee
The Lady
Eva Nelson
Maid
Glen Cavender
Bearded Doctor (uncredited)
William Hauber
Gardener (uncredited)
Bert Hunn
Tall Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Harry Russell
Bald Doctor (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Short Ambulance Attendant

Crew

Mack Sennett
Director, Producer
George Nichols
Director
Craig Hutchinson
Writer

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