Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 68 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
The story
A tramp cares for a boy after he's abandoned as a newborn by his mother. Later the mother has a change of heart and aches to be reunited with her son.
- angel
- suicide attempt
- fistfight
- slapstick comedy
- black and white
- class differences
- foundling
- silent film
- dream sequence
- semi autobiographical
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Albert Austin — Car Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
- Beulah Bains — Bride (uncredited)
- Nellie Bly Baker — Slum Nurse (uncredited)
- Henry Bergman — Professor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)
- Edward Biby — Orphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)
- B.F. Blinn — Assistant (uncredited)
- Kitty Bradbury — Bride's Mother (uncredited)
- Frank Campeau — Welfare Officer (uncredited)
- Bliss Chevalier — Extra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
- Frances Cochran — Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
- Jack Coogan Sr. — Pickpocket / Guest / Devil (uncredited)
- Directed
- Charlie Chaplin
- Written
- Charlie Chaplin
Production
- Studio
- Charles Chaplin Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
