Cruel, Cruel Love
This early Chaplin film has him playing a character quite different from the Tramp for which he would become famous. He is a rich, upper-class gentleman whose romance is endangered when his girlfriend oversees him being embraced by a maid. Chaplin's romantic interest in this film, Minta Durfee, was the wife of fellow Keystone actor, Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle.
Cruel, Cruel Love (1914)
Mack Sennett
At a glance
Countries
United States of America
Ratings
TMDB users
5.1/10
59 votes
Rating consensus
51/100 blend
Sources: TMDB
Cooler blended reception — weighted ~51/100 across 1 rating source. The listed meters mostly agree.
Cast
Charlie Chaplin
Mr. Dovey
Edgar Kennedy
Butler
Minta Durfee
The Lady
Eva Nelson
Maid
Glen Cavender
Bearded Doctor (uncredited)
William Hauber
Gardener (uncredited)
Bert Hunn
Tall Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)
Harry Russell
Bald Doctor (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Short Ambulance Attendant
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Cruel, Cruel Love (1914)
Mack Sennett
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