Headline
The Kid': Striking Shanghai Success
Newspaper Source
Publication Date
1921-12-12
- Publication Year
1921
Page
1
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
The Kid
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Actors
Carl Miller
Director
Charles Chaplin
Writer
Charles Chaplin
Country
USA
Released
1921-02-06
Runtime
68 min
Genre
Comedy
Language
None
Plot
The Tramp cares for an abandoned child, but events put that relationship in jeopardy.
Awards
2 wins.
Rated
Passed
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Summary
Phenomenal business has been experienced by Northern cinemas fortunate enough to secure Charlie Chaplin's wonderful comedy, 'The Kid,' according to reports received locally. In Shanghai, it crowded the Victoria Theatre for two weeks at $2 per seat, and after a further four nights at the Olympic actually returned to the Victoria for three nights more.
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