The Kid (1921)

USA, 79 min
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Basic facts

Original title The Kid
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Swedish release 1922-03-20

Cast

Charles Chaplin
vagabonden

Edna Purviance
modern, senare teaterstjärna

Jackie Coogan (as Jack Coogan)
Jack, pojken

Carl Miller
konstnären - förföraren, Jacks far

Tom Wilson
polisen i slumdistriktet

Henry Bergman
professor Guido, Ednas impressario / föreståndaren för natthärbärget

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Titles

Original title
  • The Kid
Swedish release title
  • Chaplins pojke
Distribution title
  • Chaplinin poika (Finland)
  • Der Vagabund und das Kind (Tyskland)
  • Le Kid (Frankrike)
  • Le gosse (Frankrike)
  • Il monello (Italien)
  • El chico (Spanien)
  • O garoto de Charlot (Portugal)
  • O mortakos (Grekland)
  • A kölyök (Ungern)
  • Kid (Tjeckoslovakien)
  • Brzdąc (Polen)
  • Малыш (Ryssland)
  • Mališan (Kroatien)
  • Хлапето (Bulgarien)
  • Chaplins Plejebarn (Danmark)
  • Småen (Norge)
Title for Swedish DVD release
  • Chaplins pojke
Working title
  • The Waif

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Assistant Director
Associate Director
Assistant to the Director
Camera Operator
Production Secretary
Unit Publicist
Assistant Cameraman
Orchestration
Musical Director
Dressmaker
Driver

Cast

Charles Chaplin vagabonden
Edna Purviance modern, senare teaterstjärna
Jackie Coogan (as Jack Coogan) Jack, pojken
- Ej krediterade:
Carl Miller konstnären - förföraren, Jacks far
Tom Wilson polisen i slumdistriktet
Henry Bergman professor Guido, Ednas impressario / föreståndaren för natthärbärget
Charles F. Reisner (as Chuck Reisner) den starke busen
Silas Hathaway (as Baby Hathaway) Jack som baby
Granville Redmond konstnärens vän
May White Ednas jungfru
Raymond Lee den starke busens lillebror som slåss med Jack
Lita Grey (as Lillita McMurray) en flirtig ängel i Charlies dröm
Edith Wilson kvinnan med barnvagnen
Baby Wilson barnet i barnvagnen
Nellie Bly Baker slumsyster
Albert Austin man på natthärbärget
Jack Coogan Sr. ficktjuven på natthärbärget / gäst / Djävulen
Edgar Sherrod präst
Beulah Baines bruden
Robert Dunbar brudgummen
Kitty Bradbury brudens mor
Rupert Franklin brudens far / man på mottagningen
Flora Howard brudtärna
Elsie Sindora brudtärna
Walter Lynch hårdför polis
Dan Dillon luffare
Jules Hanft doktorn
Silas D. Wilcox polis
Kathleen Kay jungfru
Minnie Stearns ilsken kvinna
Frank Campeau socialarbetare
B.F. Blinn socialarbetarens assistent
John McKinnon polischefen
Elsie Young kvinna vid bröllopet
V. Madison kvinna vid bröllopet
Evans Quirk man vid bröllopet
Bliss Chevalier kvinna vid bröllopet
Grace Keller kvinna vid bröllopet
Irene Jennings kvinna vid bröllopet
Florette Faulkner kvinna vid bröllopet
Martha Hall kvinna vid bröllopet
Estelle Cook kvinna vid bröllopet
J.B. Russell kvinna vid bröllopet
Lillian Crane kvinna vid bröllopet
Sarah Kernan kvinna vid bröllopet
Philip D'Oench man vid bröllopet
Charles I. Pierce man vid bröllopet
Elsie Codd kvinna i gränden
Mother Vinot kvinna i gränden
Louise Hathaway kvinna i gränden
Amanda Yanez kvinna i gränden
Baby Yanez baby i gränden
Clyde McAtee man vid mottagningen
Frank Hale man vid mottagningen
Ed Hunt man vid mottagningen
Frances Cochran kvinna vid mottagningen
George Sheldon man vid mottagningen
Sadie Gordon kvinna i himmelriket
Laura Pollard kvinna i himmelriket
Lew Parker pojke i himmelriket
Ethel O'Neil kvinna i himmelriket
Lulu Jenks kvinna i himmelriket
Esther Ralston kvinna i himmelriket
Henry Roser man i himmelriket

Companies

Production Company Charles Chaplin Film Corp.
Copyright Charles Chaplin Film Corp. 1921-01-17 LP16019
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB First National Pictures 1922
Sandrew Film & Teater AB 1975
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) Sandrew Metronome Distribution Sverige AB 2004
Soul Media 2011
Other Company Associated First National Pictures Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (DCP) Nonstop Entertainment AB 2016

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 90243
Date 1957-06-25
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 1475 meters


Censorship number 28929
Date 1922-03-08
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 1551 meters
Notes Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.33:1
Sound type Silent
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 18
Length in metres 1614 meters
Length in minutes 79 min
Reels 6 reels


Production location

1919-07-21 1920-07-30
Charles Chaplin Studios, 1416 N. La Brea Avenue, Hollywood Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Olvera Street Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Colorado Street Bridge Pasadena, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1921-01-21 Carnegie Hall New York City, New York USA 79 min
Release in Sweden 1922-03-20 Cosmorama Gothenburg Sweden 76 min
1922-03-20 Röda Kvarn Stockholm Sweden 76 min
Re-release 1975-11-28 Grand 1 Stockholm Sweden 54 min
TV showing 1980-11-03 TV1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 1982-02-06 Sweden
1982-02-09 Sweden
TV showing 1983-01-01 TV1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 1989-08-09 Sweden
1989-08-13 Sweden
1995-08-18 Sweden
1995-08-23 Sweden
DVD release 2004-02-04 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2006-02-02 Bio Victor Stockholm Sweden 55 min
2006-02-05 Sture Stockholm Sweden 55 min
2006-02-14 Spegeln Malmö Sweden 55 min
2006-02-21 Draken Gothenburg Sweden 55 min
2008-03-15 Spegeln Malmö Sweden
2008-11-02 Bio Victor Stockholm Sweden Länge leve filmen! - Filmarkivet 75 år.
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2011-01-16
DVD release 2011-02-23 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2012-10-30
2012-10-31
External cinema, Sweden 2013-11-10 Meddelande från maskinist: jag gjorde ett par tejplagningar. Tidigare renklippta perforeringsskador som gjort revor in i filmen. I början av förtexten & precis före första bild i akt tre. Bara lagt på lite tejp så att skadan inte skulle bli större. Men den hade ju redan en del tejp i startsladdarna...
Cinematheque screening 2016-04-24 Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2016-04-24
2016-05-08
Re-release 2016-10-28 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2022-02-20 Stockholm Sweden
TV showing 2022-11-09 SVT1 Sweden
Cinematheque screening 2025-03-16 Bio Victor, Filmhuset Stockholm Sweden

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 1486


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 1477


Element type Duplicate negative
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Digital intermediate
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 16 mm


Element type Digitalt visningsmaterial
Carrier type DCP


Element type Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type ProRes


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 60 x 80 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print set
Colour prints No
Behind the scenes prints No
Slides 1


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