Making a Living
A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.
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Making a Living (also known as Doing His Best, A Busted Johnny, Troubles, and Take My Picture) is the first film starring Charlie Chaplin. A one-reel comedy short, it was completed in three days at Keystone Studios in Los Angeles, California and was released for distribution on February 2, 1914. In it Chaplin portrays a charming swindler who runs afoul of a news reporter and a Keystone Cop. In addition to co-writing the "scenario" and directing the production, Henry Lehrman performs as the principal supporting character. Watch on RetroFlix.org: https://retroflix.org/making-a-living-1914/
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- Director
- Henry Lehrman
- Starring
- Charlie Chaplin, Henry Lehrman, Virginia Kirtley, Alice Davenport, Billy Gilbert, Emma Clifton, Charles Inslee, Beverly Griffith
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