Director: Charles Chaplin
Writer(s): Charles Chaplin
Cast: Charles Chaplin, Virginia Cherrill and Florence Lee
Once again cast as the Little Tramp, Charles Chaplin makes the acquaintance of a blind flower girl (Virginia Cherrill), who through a series of coincidences has gotten the impression that the shabby tramp is a millionaire. A second storyline begins when the tramp rescues a genuine millionaire (Harry Myers) from committing suicide. When drunk, the millionaire expansively treats the tramp as a friend and equal; when sober, he doesn’t even recognize him. The two plots come together when the tramp attempts to raise enough money for the blind girl to have an eye operation.
“A beautiful example of Chaplin’s ability to turn narrative fragments into emotional wholes. The two halves of the film are sentiment and slapstick. They are not blended but woven into a pattern as eccentric as it is sublime.” – Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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