An out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. His rival is delayed when he gets caught in a woman's bedroom by her jealous husband. The swindler follows the distribution of the paper containing his 'scoop' around town where he is once again chased by the rival reporter. Both end up on the cow-catcher of a streetcar.... (Full plot summary below)
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An out-of-work swindler takes a job as a reporter. After witnessing a car go over cliff, he grabs a rival reporter's camera and races to the newspaper office to enter the photo as his own. His rival is delayed when he gets caught in a woman's bedroom by her jealous husband. The swindler follows the distribution of the paper containing his 'scoop' around town where he is once again chased by the rival reporter. Both end up on the cow-catcher of a streetcar.
Leave your thoughts about Making a Living.
| User ReviewJohn SChaplins first ever movie and it shows. The story was one long slapstick fight. The only reason to take a look is to see the already brilliant timing of the future genius. |
| User ReviewHans J. ECrude but mostly funny silent slapstick, Chaplin's film debut. There are no intertitles so somewhat close attention must be paid to the action. |
| User ReviewSteve GThe greatest performer in the history of film, for the first time. |
| User ReviewJohn ANot terrible, but not great either. Chaplin's first film pits him as a swindler in an extended fight with a reporter trying to do his work. The highlight comes when a car careens off a cliff and the reporter goes to photograph and interview the man pinned beneath the vehicle. When he sets his camera and notepad down to help, Charlie steals the material and turns it in as his own. This kind of unlikable behavior is common in the early shorts, keeping them several notches below the later work. |
| User ReviewKen SMediocre Chaplin, nothing to write home about |
| User ReviewMatt MChaplin is a swindling debonair in this early short. This short is of some interest as it stands as a Chaplin film before his notorious tramp character's apparition. Nevertheless, it's annoyingly fast and lacking in much originality. |
| User ReviewMark SCharlie Chaplin's first ever screen performance, it doesn't really hint at the greatest that was to come, and Chaplin himself disliked the film. |
| User ReviewDJ SReally only substantial because it is the first Chaplin picture. The Tramp is obviously in a very early stage of creation, and this short picture is not very great in and of itself. |
