Making a Living
A lighthearted silent-film comedy built on slapstick mishaps and ironic coincidence, where a con artist's scheme unravels through his own obliviousness.
A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.
Essence
Ensemble
Charlie Chaplin
The Swindler (uncredited)
Henry Lehrman
Newspaper Reporter-Photographer (uncredited)
Virginia Kirtley
Fiancée (uncredited)
Alice Davenport
Fiancée's Mother (uncredited)
Billy Gilbert
Jealous Husband (uncredited)
Emma Clifton
Jealous Husband's Wife (uncredited)
Charles Inslee
Newspaper Editor (uncredited)
Beverly Griffith
Seated Man with Editor (uncredited)
Grover Ligon
Bald Man in Newspaper Office (uncredited)
Edward Nolan
Cop at Apartment Steps (uncredited)
Tammany Young
Onlooker (uncredited)
Edgar Kennedy
Wreck Bystander (uncredited)
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