Birth of the Tramp

Birth of the Tramp

61 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 29, 2013

A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.

Birth of the Tramp

61 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Dec. 29, 2013

Birth of the Tramp
A look back at Charlie Chaplin's early life and career, from his rough childhood and music hall success in England to his early Hollywood days and the development of his enormously popular character, the Little Tramp, also called Charlot.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers ARTE, Lobster Films, Steamboat Films
Original title La naissance de Charlot
Directors Eric Lange, Serge Bromberg
Writers

Cast

Peter Hudson

as Self - Narrator (voice)

Kate Guyonvarch

as Self - RE/AC Director

David Robinson

as Self - Chaplin's Biographer

Kevin Brownlow

as Self - Film Historian

Antoine Lange

as The Child

Charlie Chaplin

as Himself

Edna Purviance

as Herself

John R. Freuler

as Self (archive footage)

Syd Chaplin

as Self (archive footage)

Eric Campbell

as Himself

Henry Bergman

as Himself

Max Linder

as Self (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

as Self (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

as Self (archive footage)