The Idle Class

The Idle Class
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Directed by	Charles Chaplin
Produced by	Charles Chaplin
Written by	Charles Chaplin
Starring	Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Henry Bergman Mack Swain
Music by	Johnnie von Haines (1969)
Cinematography	Roland Totheroh
Edited by	Charles Chaplin
Production company	Charles Chaplin Productions
Distributed by	First National Playhouse Home Video (1985) (USA) Key Video (1989) (USA) (VHS) Image Entertainment (2000) (USA) (DVD) Koch Vision (2000) (USA) (DVD) MK2 Diffusion (2001) (World-wide) (all media) Warner Home Video (2004, DVD) Continental Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
Release dates	September 25, 1921 (1921-09-25)
Running time	32 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English intertitles

The Idle Class

The Idle Class is a 1921 American silent film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin for First National Pictures.

Plot summary

The "Little Tramp" (Charlie Chaplin) heads to a resort for warm weather and a bit of golf. At the golf course, the Tramp's theft of balls in play causes one golfer (Mack Swain) to mistakenly attack another (John Rand). Meanwhile, a neglected wife (Edna Purviance) leaves her wealthy husband (also played by Chaplin) until he gives up drinking. When the Tramp is later mistaken for a pickpocket, he crashes a masquerade ball to escape from a policeman. There, he is mistaken for the woman's husband. Eventually, it is all straightened out, and the Tramp is once more on his way.

Cast

Charles Chaplin - Tramp and Husband
Edna Purviance - Neglected Wife
Mack Swain - Her Father
Henry Bergman - Sleeping Hobo and Guest in Cop Uniform
Al Ernest Garcia - Cop in Park and Guest
John Rand - Golfer and Guest
Rex Storey - Pickpocket and Guest

Lita Grey, Chaplin's future wife, played a guest.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to The Idle Class.

The Idle Class at the Internet Movie Database
The Idle Class at AllMovie
The Idle Class is available for free download at the Internet Archive

Films directed by Charlie Chaplin

Keystone Studios (1914)	Twenty Minutes of Love Caught in the Rain A Busy Day Her Friend the Bandit Mabel's Married Life Laughing Gas The Face on the Bar Room Floor Recreation The Masquerader His New Profession The Rounders The Property Man The New Janitor Those Love Pangs Dough and Dynamite Gentlemen of Nerve His Musical Career His Trysting Place Getting Acquainted His Prehistoric Past

Essanay Studios (1915)	His New Job A Night Out The Champion In the Park A Jitney Elopement The Tramp By the Sea His Regeneration Work A Woman The Bank Shanghaied A Night in the Show A Burlesque on Carmen Police Triple Trouble

Mutual Film Corp (1916–17)	The Floorwalker The Fireman The Vagabond One A.M. The Count The Pawnshop Behind the Screen The Rink Easy Street The Cure The Immigrant The Adventurer

First National (1918–23)	A Dog's Life The Bond Shoulder Arms Sunnyside A Day's Pleasure The Professor The Kid The Idle Class Pay Day The Pilgrim

United Artists (1923–52)	A Woman of Paris The Gold Rush The Circus City Lights Modern Times The Great Dictator Monsieur Verdoux Limelight

Later productions	A King in New York A Countess from Hong Kong

See also	The Chaplin Revue The Freak

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