Cruel, Cruel Love

• 5.1 Comedy
• 1914-03-26
• 9 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Charlie Chaplin (Mr. Dovey) Edgar Kennedy (Butler) Minta Durfee (The Lady) Eva Nelson (Maid) Glen Cavender (Bearded Doctor (uncredited)) William Hauber (Gardener (uncredited)) Bert Hunn (Tall Ambulance Attendant (uncredited)) Harry Russell (Bald Doctor (uncredited)) Billy Gilbert (Short Ambulance Attendant)

Director:

Mack Sennett George Nichols

Writer:

Craig Hutchinson