A Dog's Life Movie

A Dog's Life
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Run Time: 30 min
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Released: 1918
Directors: Charles Chaplin
Genre/Type: Comedy
Producers: Charles Chaplin
Plot Synopsis by Hal Erickson
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.

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Actors Character Born
Henry Bergman Dance Hall Lady
Henry Bergman Employment Agency Man
Charles Chaplin Tramp Apr 16, 1889 in London, England
Ted Edwards Unemployed Man
Louis Fitzroy Unemployed Man
Edna Purviance Bar Singer Oct 21, 1894 in Lovelock, Paradise Valley, NV
Sidney Chaplin Lunch Wagon Owner Mar 17, 1885 in Johannesburg, South Africa
Tom Wilson Policeman
Albert Austin Crook Dec 13, 1881 in Birmingham, UK
Charles "Chuck" Riesner Mar 14, 1887 in Minneapolis, MN
Rob Wagner Dance Hall Man Aug 2, 1872 in Detroit, MI
Dave Anderson Unemployed Man

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