A Dog's Life (1918)
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A Dog's Life was Charlie Chaplin's initial release for First National Studios, and also his first three-reeler. Chaplin plays a tramp (duh!), who shambles around the cold, cruel world with his dog Scraps. Unable to land a job, Charlie and Scraps cadge a meal from lunchwagon proprietor Syd Chaplin (Charlie's brother). Things take a turn for the better when Charlie befriends down-and-out singer Edna Purviance. After routing a gang of crooks, Charlie and Edna head down the road "Where Dreams Come True" for a deliberately improbable happy ending. Together with Shoulder Arms and The Idle Class, A Dog's Life is one of the best examples of Chaplin's wildly uneven First National output. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Director(s):
- Charles Chaplin
Synopsis of A Dog's Life
A Dog's Life was Charlie Chaplin's initial release for First National Studios, and also his first three-reeler. Chaplin plays a tramp (duh!), who shambles around the cold, cruel world with his dog Scraps. Unable to land a job, Charlie and Scraps cadge a meal from lunchwagon proprietor Syd Chaplin (Charlie's brother). Things take a turn for the better when Charlie befriends down-and-out singer Edna Purviance. After routing a gang of crooks, Charlie and Edna head down the road "Where Dreams Come True" for a deliberately improbable happy ending. Together with Shoulder Arms and The Idle Class, A Dog's Life is one of the best examples of Chaplin's wildly uneven First National output. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of A Dog's Life
- Henry Bergman - Dance Hall Lady
- Charles Chaplin - Tramp
- Louis Fitzroy - Unemployed Man
- Sidney Chaplin - Lunch Wagon Owner
- Albert Austin - Crook
- Rob Wagner - Dance Hall Man
- Henry Bergman - Employment Agency Man
- Ted Edwards - Unemployed Man
- Edna Purviance - Bar Singer
- Tom Wilson - Policeman
- Charles "Chuck" Riesner
- Dave Anderson - Unemployed Man
- Director(s):
- Charles Chaplin
- Writer(s):
- Charles Chaplin
- Producer(s):
- Charles Chaplin
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