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Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914)
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Henry Lehrman (writer)
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7 helmikuu 1914 (USA)
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Charlie, dressed as a tramp for the first time, goes to a baby-cart race in Venice, California. He causes a great deal of trouble and confusion...
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(Complete credited cast) | Charles Chaplin | ... | Tramp |
 | Henry Lehrman | ... | Film Director |
| Frank D. Williams | ... | Camerman |
| Billy Jacobs | ... | Boy |
| Charlotte Fitzpatrick | ... | Girl |
| Thelma Salter | ... | Girl |
| Gordon Griffith | ... | Boy |
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11 min | Canada:6 min (Ontario)
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This was the first film in which Chaplin played his most famous character, The Tramp. With only a small number of exceptions, Chaplin would play only The Tramp (or slight variations on the character) on film until The Great Dictator (1940).
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Featured in Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003)
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| just heard my *what?* won't pass the censor? | tinkerchel |
| Technically NOT Chaplin's first appearance as the Tramp. | directorfitzy17 |
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When I was young I got this one with another feature on 200 feet of 8MM film. It was a Black Hawk silent which was with A Busy Day. While this is considered the first release to introduce the tramp to movies, it is such a short film that there is very little to look at- it might be 5 minutes long.
As this was Charlie before he was actually writing & producing his own films, there is quite a difference in this Mutual compared with later his later films when he takes control behind the camera as well as in front. This was almost certainly shot in one day at the soap box derby races in California.
History is important and this one is readily available to see as most of Chapins films were preserved. He is one of the earliest stars to have a full film record of is career available so historians can study his career better than most actors and directors.