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The Kid 53 minutes, USA (1921),
Average user rating (5 / 4 votes)

Chaplin's Tramp takes care of an abandoned child in this 1921 box office smash hit comedy

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The Kid: Written, produced and directed by Charlie Chaplin (with a musical score later composed by him in 1971), The Kid stands as one of the comedian's most successful films, a satirical look at life in the slums that was partially based on Chaplin's own childhood experiences in turn-of-the-century south London.

Decades later, it's still easy to see why this became such a box-office smash...
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