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Charles Chaplin (writer)
Release Date:
25 September 1921 (USA)
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Plot:
Chaplin plays a tramp who sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman (Edna...
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The Rich and the Poor
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(Cast overview, first billed only)| Charles Chaplin | ... | Tramp and Husband | |
| Edna Purviance | ... | Neglected Wife | |
| Mack Swain | ... | Her Father | |
| Henry Bergman | ... | Sleeping Hobo / Guest in Cop Uniform | |
| Al Ernest Garcia | ... | Cop in Park and Guest | |
| John Rand | ... | Golfer and Guest | |
| Rex Storey | ... | Pickpocket and Guest | |
| Lillian McMurray | ... | Maid | |
| Lita Grey | ... | Maid | |
| Loyal Underwood | ... | Guest | |
| Mrs. Parker | ... | Guest | |
| Lolita Parker | ... | Guest | |
| Howard Olsen | ... | Guest | |
| Edward Knoblock | ... | Guest | |
| Granville Redmond | ... | Guest |
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Vanity Fair (USA)
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32 min | Spain:29 min
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The film was made by First National Pictures.
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Plot holes: The movie begins with "The Summer Season" and yet the telegraph the absent minded husband holds at the beginning is dated November 2.
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Referenced in The Big Show (1923)
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Chaplin plays both the tramp as well as the rich man (which I guess he could do now that First National Films had facilitated his conviction to act, write, direct, produce and compose his own films having been born into working class society), and displays the idleness of both classes. The rich are idle because they don't have to work, and the poor are idle because they choose not to work. Whether your rich or poor, we are all the same underneath.