Making a Living

1914

0h 13m

5.7(97 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.

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Cast & Crew

14 members

Acting

Charlie Chaplin

The Swindler (uncredited)

Production

Henry Lehrman

Newspaper Reporter-Photographer (uncredited)

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Virginia Kirtley

Fiancée (uncredited)

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Alice Davenport

Fiancée's Mother (uncredited)

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Billy Gilbert

Jealous Husband (uncredited)

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Emma Clifton

Jealous Husband's Wife (uncredited)

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Charles Inslee

Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

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Beverly Griffith

Seated Man with Editor (uncredited)

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Grover Ligon

Bald Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)

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Edward Nolan

Cop at Apartment Steps (uncredited)

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Tammany Young

Onlooker (uncredited)

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Edgar Kennedy

Wreck Bystander (uncredited)

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Chester Conklin

Policeman / Bum (uncredited)

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Minta Durfee

(uncredited)

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