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.

Director: Mack Sennett

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Mr. Dovey

Edgar Kennedy

Butler

Minta Durfee

The Lady

E

Eva Nelson

Maid

Glen Cavender

Bearded Doctor (uncredited)

W

William Hauber

Gardener (uncredited)

B

Bert Hunn

Tall Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)

H

Harry Russell

Bald Doctor (uncredited)