Released 100 years ago today – 11 April 1915 (USA)

The Tramp (1915)

Stars: Charlie Chaplin, Edna Purviance,  Lloyd Bacon, Leo White, Bud Jamison, Ernest Van Pelt, Paddy McGuire, Billy Armstrong

Director: Charlie Chaplin

Produced by Jess Robbins

Writer: Charlie Chaplin

Cinematography: Harry Ensign

Edited by Charlie Chaplin

Genre: Comedy

Essanay Studios, General Film Company

Time: 32 minutes

Rating: passed

Status: Survived

Plot

Charlie is a tramp on the road. A hobo manages to exchange Charlie's sandwich for a brick so Charlie must eat grass. The same hobo molests a farmer's daughter; Charlie comes to aid with the help of the brick. When two more hobos show up Charlie throws all three into a lake. The grateful girl takes Charlie home where he fails as a farmhand. He again helps drive off the hobos (who are now trying to break into the house). The girl's fiance arrives. Though a hero, Charlie, knowing he must go, writes a farewell note and leaves for the open road.