Cruel, Cruel Love

Cruel, Cruel Love

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.

Comedy

Cruel, Cruel Love

Rating

5.1/10

Release Date

1914-03-26

Runtime

9 minutes

Status

Released

Cast

Production Companies

Keystone Film Company

Lone Star Corporation