Chaplin: The Tramp

Chaplin's Little Tramp character appears fully developed in "The Tramp" written and directed by Chaplin in 1915.

The Little Tramp is already a complex character, honest, but not too, competent but bumbling, poor but with aristocratic mannerisms.

Most of the actors in The Tramp had long careers in the movies in general and with Chaplin in particular.  Of note is Edna Purviance, the female lead.  She plays across from Chaplin in more than 20 films and worked for him from 1915 until her death in 1958. 

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