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Director:
Charles Chaplin
Writer:
Charles Chaplin (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
25 September 1921 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | Comedy more
Plot:
Chaplin plays a tramp who sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman (Edna... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
The Rich and the Poor more (13 total)

Cast

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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
Carlyle Robinson ... Guest
Joe Van Meter ... Guest
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Charles Aber ... Extra (uncredited)
Joe Anderson ... Extra (uncredited)
Laura Anson ... Extra (uncredited)
Walter Bacon ... Extra (uncredited)
Robert Badger ... Extra (uncredited)
George Bastian ... Extra (uncredited)
Gladys Baxter ... Extra (uncredited)
J.A. Beaver ... Extra (uncredited)
Bruce Belamator ... Extra (uncredited)
Harriett Bennett ... Extra (uncredited)
Mary Ann Bennett ... Extra (uncredited)
Richard Brewster ... Extra (uncredited)
Carl Brown ... Extra (uncredited)
Evelyn Burns ... Extra (uncredited)
Joe Campbell ... Extra (uncredited)
William Carey ... Extra (uncredited)
Helene Caverly ... Extra (uncredited)
Lane Chandler ... Extra (uncredited)
Ethel Childers ... Extra (uncredited)
Jim Collins ... Extra (uncredited)
Marie Crisp ... Extra (uncredited)
Lottie Cruz ... Extra (uncredited)
W.R. Denning ... Extra (uncredited)
Miss Egbert ... Extra (uncredited)
Bertha Feducha ... Extra (uncredited)
Joseph Flores ... Extra (uncredited)
Nell Foltz ... Extra (uncredited)
Ruth Foster ... Extra (uncredited)
Miss Grace ... Extra (uncredited)
William Hackett ... Extra (uncredited)
Jules Hanft ... Extra (uncredited)
Art Hanson ... Extra (uncredited)
E.C. Holkin ... Extra (uncredited)
Howard Johnston ... Extra (uncredited)
Harold Kent ... Extra (uncredited)
Duffy Kirk ... Extra (uncredited)
Mary Land ... Extra (uncredited)
Mrs. Ross Lang ... Extra (uncredited)
Melissa Ledgerwood ... Extra (uncredited)
Jack Lott ... Extra (uncredited)

Harry Maynard ... Butler (uncredited)
B.W. McComber ... Extra (uncredited)
Clyde McCoy ... Extra (uncredited)
Helen McKee ... Extra (uncredited)
Helen McMullin ... Extra (uncredited)
Harold McNulty ... Extra (uncredited)
Charles Meakin ... Extra (uncredited)
Paul Mertz ... Extra (uncredited)
George Milo ... Extra (uncredited)
George Mistler ... Extra (uncredited)
William Moore ... Extra (uncredited)
Jack Mortimer ... Extra (uncredited)
Bob Palmer ... Extra (uncredited)
Pearl Palmer ... Extra (uncredited)
Miss M. Parsons ... Extra (uncredited)
Gertrude Pedlar ... Extra (uncredited)
R.O. Pennell ... Extra (uncredited)
Dolly Rich ... Extra (uncredited)
Margaret Rishell ... Extra (uncredited)
Hugh Saxon ... Extra (uncredited)
Anita Simons ... Extra (uncredited)
C.B. Steele ... Extra (uncredited)
John Sweeny ... Extra (uncredited)
L. Swisher ... Extra (uncredited)
Jack Sydney ... Extra (uncredited)
Jean Temple ... Extra (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook ... Extra (uncredited)
William H. Thompson ... Extra (uncredited)
Armand Triller ... Extra (uncredited)
California Truman ... Extra (uncredited)
John Underhill ... Extra (uncredited)
Catherine Vidor ... Extra (uncredited)
Anita Walton ... Extra (uncredited)
Gladys Webb ... Extra (uncredited)
Miss Wicks ... Extra (uncredited)
Vera Wilder ... Extra (uncredited)
Fred L. Wilson ... Extra (uncredited)
Jack Woods ... Extra (uncredited)
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Directed by
Charles Chaplin 
 
Writing credits
Charles Chaplin (writer)

Produced by
Charles Chaplin .... producer (as Charlie Chaplin)
 
Cinematography by
Roland Totheroh 
 
Film Editing by
Charles Chaplin (uncredited)
 
Art Direction by
Charles D. Hall 
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Charles Reisner .... assistant director
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Jack Wilson .... second camera operator
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mother Vinot .... seamstress (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Eric Rogers .... orchestrator: new score
 
Transportation Department
Toraichi Kono .... driver: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Nellie Bly Baker .... secretary: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)
Elsie Codd .... unit publicist (uncredited)
Tom Harrington .... assistant: Mr. Chaplin (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Vanity Fair (USA)
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Runtime:
32 min | Spain:29 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System) (re-issue) | Silent
Filming Locations:
Chaplin Studios - 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
Charles Chaplin Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film was made by First National Pictures. more
Goofs:
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. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The Big Show (1923) more

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1 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
The Rich and the Poor, 8 March 2002
Author: The Black Englishman from London, England

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.

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