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Making a Living(Movie, 1914)

13min | Genre: Comedy
Making a LivingRating: 2.8/5 (with 3838 votes)
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. ()
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About Making a Living

A swindler scams a journalist to get some money and then applies for a job at his newspaper.

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Making A Living (1914)(Trailer, 9:02)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: No Language (XX)
Translated into 15 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 02/02/1914
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Carlitos Repórter"
"Chaplin si vydělává na živobytí"
"Charlot reportero"
"Tienaamisen tuskat"
"Chaplin som tidningsman"
"A Busted Johnny"
"Doing His Best"
"Take My Picture"
"Troubles"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:120052, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024