THE KID

(1921) Charlie meets his match in 6-year-old Jackie Coogan, a streetwise ragamuffin raised since infancy by the Little Tramp. Chaplin’s first true feature interweaves sublime slapstick with some of the greatest tearjerking moments in all of cinema. Plus Spanky, Alfalfa, Darla, Buckwheat and the other Little Rascals in Pay As You Exit (1933). Approx 75 min. 35mm.

PLUS CHAPLIN DRESS-ALIKE CONTEST.  Following the screening of The Kid, we will have a Charlie Chaplin parade, with prizes going to the best Charlie costumes.  Eligible to girls and boys 12 and under.  Pictured below:  a Chaplin dress-alike contest held at the Liberty Theater in Bellingham, Washington in November, 1921.

REVIEWS

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"The most enchantingly Victorian of Chaplin's features.. remarkably innocent and pure."
– Pauline Kael

"Mixes slapstick and sentiment in a winning combination."
– Leonard Maltin