41. The Tramp (1915)

Essanay 1915-16

Synopsis

Charlie, a tramp rescues Edna from crooks who try to steal money from her, and as a reward he is given a job on her father's farm. Charlie cheerfully complies, watering the trees with a can and using the cow's tail as a pump to extract the milk. The crooks try to persuade Charlie to act as inside man so they can rob the farm, but he lies in wait for them with a mallet. The farmer chases them off and Charlie gets accidentally shot in the leg. He is nursed by the girl and dreams of a future with her until her sweetheart arrives. He leaves her a note and walks off into the distance, heartbroken.

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Cast:

Charles Chaplin (The Tramp)

Edna Purviance (The Farmer's Daughter)

Fred Goodwins (The Farmer)

Lloyd Bacon (Edna's Fiance/Thief)

Bud Jamison (Thief)

Paddy McGuire (Farmhand)

Billy Armstrong (Poet)

Leo White (Hobo)

Ernest Van Pelt (Hobo)

(Imdb.com chaplin_credits Ernest Van Pelt as the Farmer, and does not include Fred Goodwins in the cast)

Filmed at:

The Essanay Niles Studio and locations

Released:

11 April 1915

Length:

1896 ft

Other titles:

Charlie the Hobo, Charlie on the Farm, Charlie the Tramp