The Kid (Criterion Collection)

The first feature-length film from writer/director/star Charlie Chaplin has the Little Tramp finding an abandoned baby in an alleyway trashcan. Five years later, the Tramp is a glazier, and the kid (now played by Jackie Coogan) helps him get work by breaking windows. But when the youngster's opera singer mother (Edna Purviance), wants him back, the Tramp fights the authorities to keep him. 52 min. Standard; Soundtrack: music score; audio commentary; bonus short "Nice and Friendly" (1922); featurettes; deleted scenes; newsreel footage; theatrical trailers. Silent with music score.