Headline
Chaplin's Dual Role: 'The Idle Class'
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Publication Date
1923-01-22
- Publication Year
1923
Page
6
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
Little Lord Fauntleroy
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Actors
Mary Pickford
Director
Alfred E. Green
Writer
Frances Hodgson Burnett (novel)
Country
USA
Released
1921-09-15
Runtime
112 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
An American boy turns out to be the long-lost heir of a British fortune. He is sent to live with the cold and unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.
Rated
Passed
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The Idle Class
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Actors
Charles Chaplin
Director
Charles Chaplin
Writer
Charles Chaplin
Country
USA
Released
1921-09-25
Runtime
32 min
Genre
Short
Language
None
Plot
A tramp sneaks into a upper class golf resort. The tramp meets a rich woman who is having an argument with her drunken husband. Complications arise when she mistakes the tramp for her husband.
Rated
TV-G
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Summary
Filmdom's latest fashion is the dual role. Mary Pickford fell victim to it with 'Little Lord Fauntleroy,' and now Charlie Chaplin has allotted himself two parts in 'The Idle Class.' 'The Idle Class' will be shown at the Coronet Theatre all this week. Film plot included.
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