The Kid (film)
The Principal Characters:
| The Man | CARL MILLER | |
| The Woman | EDNA PURVIANCE | |
| The Child | JACK COOGAN | |
| A Tramp | CHARLIE CHAPLIN | |
A picture with a smile—and perhaps, a tear.
CHARITY HOSPITAL
CHARITY
HOSPITAL
The woman—whose sin was motherhood.
Alone.
The man.
His morning promenade.
"Awkward ass."
"Pardon me, you dropped something."
Please love and care
for this orphan child
"Is that yours?"
"What's its name?"
"John."
FIVE YEARS LATER
"Put the quarter in the gas meter."
"You know what streets we worked today?"
?
All's well....
Job number 13.
Off duty.
The woman—now a star of great prominence.
Congratulations
on your
performance
last night
Professor Guido, impresario.
"Read what the critics say....wonderful!"
Charity—
to some a duty, to others a joy.
The world welcomes fame.
The man—now a painter of great prominence.
Fate.
The
past
Regrets
"How may I atone for the suffering I've—"
"It's too late now, unless the child—"
Enter—his brother.
"You wicked boy."
"Go lick 'im."
"If your kid beats my brother, then I'm going to beat you."
BEDS
10 CENTS
"And you wouldn't strike this man, would you?"
"Remember—if he smites you on one cheek, offer him the other."
A successful retreat.
"Oh, well, I guess he's not in."
"This child is ill. Get a doctor at once!"
"I must go now, but I'll return."
The country doctor.
"Say 'ah'."
"Louder!"
"Are you the father of this child?"
"Well—practically."
"Explain yourself."
Police Gazette
Please love and care
for this orphan child
"This child needs proper care and attention."
"I'll attend to the matter."
SEPTEMBER
1
Convalescence
SEPTEMBER
4
Convalescence
Police Gazette
The proper care and attention.
COUNTY
ORPHAN
ASYLUM
"Ask him where the kid is."
"Ask him if he's got any belongings."
"Tell him it's none of his business."
C.O. ASYLUM
Please love and care
for this orphan child
Night.[1]
Management not
responsible for
VALUABLES STOLEN.
The Morning Telegraph
"You don't charge for a baby in arms?"
$1000 REWARD
LOST CHILD WANTED
Boy - Age 5 - Last seen with a little man with large flat feet and small moustache.
If he or any other person will bring the child to Police Headquarters, the above reward will be paid.
No questions asked.
Dawn.
6-6791
63
Dreamland.
Shopping.
Off for a spin.
Sin creeps in.
·WELCOME·TO·OUR·CITY·
The trouble begins.
"Vamp him."
Innocence.
Getting flighty.
LOVE
Her sweetheart arrives.
Jealousy.
THE END
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published in 1921, before the cutoff of January 1, 1929.
The longest-living author of this work died in 1977, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 46 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.
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- ↑ This intertitle is mentioned to exist in an online source in the 1972 reissue, but for some reason was left out of the version available on Wikisource as of June 2022. The video Wikisource currently has may be incomplete because of this. It was reconstructed here to this timestamp, which marks the beginning of the shelter scene, in the Wikisource transcription. (Wikisource contributor note)