Making a Living

Name: Making a Living
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1914
Rating: 44.76333333333333
Cast: Charlie Chaplin, Henry Lehrman, Virginia Kirtley, Alice Davenport, Billy Gilbert

1914·Movie

13min

Ratings

44/100

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About

A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.

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Genres: Slapstick Comedy
Mood: PlayfulLight-HeartedFunny
Plot: Mistaken IdentityUncovering DeceptionSwindling Schemes
Pacing: Fast-PacedQuick-Fire Scenes
Character Types: EverymanSwindler
Humor: Situational ComedySlapstickPhysical Comedy
Time: 1910s
Place: Urban CityscapeNewsroom
Cinematic Style: First-Person PerspectiveBlack And White CinematographyDutch Angles
Costume and Set: Period-Accurate CostumesNewsroom Set

Sequels and Prequels

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Crew

Directed by:

Henry Lehrman, Frank D. Williams, Enrique Juan Vallejo

Produced by:

Mack Sennett

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

The Swindler (uncredited)

Henry Lehrman

Newspaper Reporter-Photographer (uncredited)

Virginia Kirtley

Fiancée (uncredited)

Alice Davenport

Fiancée's Mother (uncredited)

Charles Inslee

Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Tammany Young

Onlooker (uncredited)

Edgar Kennedy

Wreck Bystander (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Policeman / Bum (uncredited)

Minta Durfee

(uncredited)

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