Making a Living

Genres

Comedy

OverView

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

Others

Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

13 mins

Rating

5.6/10

Release Date

02 February 1914

Country

United States of America

Cast

Charlie Chaplin

The Swindler (uncredited)

Henry Lehrman

Newspaper Reporter-Photographer (uncredited)

Virginia Kirtley

Fiancée (uncredited)

Alice Davenport

Fiancée's Mother (uncredited)

Billy Gilbert

Jealous Husband (uncredited)

Emma Clifton

Jealous Husband's Wife (uncredited)

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

Onlooker (uncredited)

Edgar Kennedy

Wreck Bystander (uncredited)

Chester Conklin

Policeman / Bum (uncredited)

Minta Durfee

(uncredited)

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