Making a Living

Making a Living

1914•13m•5.7/10

Comedy

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.7/10(102)

A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.

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Production

Keystone Film Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin

The Swindler (uncredited)

Henry Lehrman

Henry Lehrman

Newspaper Reporter-Photographer (uncredited)

Virginia Kirtley

Virginia Kirtley

Fiancée (uncredited)

Alice Davenport

Alice Davenport

Fiancée's Mother (uncredited)

Billy Gilbert

Jealous Husband (uncredited)

Emma Clifton

Jealous Husband's Wife (uncredited)

Charles Inslee

Charles Inslee

Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Beverly Griffith

Seated Man with Editor (uncredited)

Grover Ligon

Bald Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)

Edward Nolan

Cop at Apartment Steps (uncredited)

Tammany Young

Tammany Young

Onlooker (uncredited)

Edgar Kennedy

Edgar Kennedy

Wreck Bystander (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Chester Conklin

Policeman / Bum (uncredited)

Minta Durfee

Minta Durfee

(uncredited)

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