The Idle Class

September. 25,1921      
Rating:
7.2
Trailer Synopsis Cast

At an upper class golf resort, a tramp discovers he's the lookalike of a rich man with a beautiful, unhappy wife.

Charlie Chaplin as  Tramp / Husband
Edna Purviance as  Edna the Neglected Wife
Henry Bergman as  Sleeping Hobo / Guest in Cop Uniform (uncredited)
Al Ernest Garcia as  Cop in Park / Guest (uncredited)
Lita Grey as  Maid (uncredited)
John Rand as  Golfer / Guest (uncredited)
Mack Swain as  Edna's Father (uncredited)

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Reviews

VividSimon
1921/09/25

Simply Perfect

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Executscan
1921/09/26

Expected more

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Tymon Sutton
1921/09/27

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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Marva
1921/09/28

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

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