Thursday, June 02, 2011

Short review – “Cruel, Cruel Love” (1914) **

Mediocre early-period Chaplin with Charlie not playing the tramp – rather he’s a normal young chap engaged to a girl who gets jealous when she thinks he’s hugging the maid. There’s some fantasy sequences – he imagines being attacked by the devil – and a bit of slapstick at the end but it’s a minor work.

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