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The Kid
Jeffry 2022-03-23 09:01:53
In Chaplin's first feature film (six volumes), he gave up some exaggerated farce in style, and began to add the human touch of laughter and tears into the complete story, making it a very touching tragicomedy. The story follows a poor London woman who dumps her illegitimate child in a car in front of a rich man's house. However, the car was stolen and the baby was left in the dumpster. Charlot, the glassmaker, passed by and picked up the baby and brought it home. When the child was four or five years old, Charlot took him out to work. The child first threw a stone through the window, Charlo went forward to change the glass, and the two of them had a great time. Later, the state's charitable organization will send the child to the nursery, and Charlot is confused. He decided to take the child back, so he climbed over the roof, chased after the speeding truck, and finally took the child into his arms again. Charlo couldn't go back to the top floor where he lived, so he took the child to a nightclub. At this point, the child's mother already had money and offered a reward to retrieve her child. Someone steals the child from Charlois for money and sends it back to the mother. In a dream, Charloh has come to the Mean Alley Paradise, where there are quarrels and laughter. Charlo woke up to find his mother and child standing beside him. He finally found happiness. Five-year-old genius child star Jake Cogan plays the child, and has a very cute and moving performance. The father-son relationship between him and Chaplin deeply moved the audience. Chaplin also fully grasped the meticulous emotional level of the glassmaker Charlot, and in addition to laughing, he also seriously created a humble but loving father figure. The whole story was shot very smoothly and naturally. After its release, it caused a sensation in Britain, the United States, France and other countries, and brought Chaplin's reputation to a new peak.
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Devil: Vamp him.
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Written note: Please love and care for this orphan child.