Cruel, Cruel Love

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Charlie Chaplin Mr. Dovey

Edgar Kennedy Butler

Minta Durfee The Lady

Eva Nelson Maid

Glen Cavender Bearded Doctor (uncredited)