A Dog's Life

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A Dog's Life
Theatrical poster to A Dog's Life (1918)
Directed by	Charles Chaplin
Produced by	Charles Chaplin
Written by	Charles Chaplin
Starring	Charles Chaplin Edna Purviance Syd Chaplin Henry Bergman Charles Reisner Albert Austin Tom Wilson
Music by	Charles Chaplin (in 1957 release as part of The Chaplin Revue
Cinematography	Roland Totheroh
Editing by	Charles Chaplin (uncredited)
Distributed by	First National Pictures Inc.
Release date(s)	April 14, 1918
Running time	40 min.
Country	United States
Language	Silent film English (Original intertitles)
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A Dog's Life (1918) is a silent film written, produced, and directed by Charlie Chaplin. This was Chaplin's first film for First National Films.

Chaplin plays opposite an animal as 'co-star'. 'Scraps' (the dog) was the hero in this film, as she helps Charlie and Edna toward a better life. Edna Purviance plays a dance hall singer and Charlie Chaplin, the tramp. Sydney Chaplin (Chaplin's brother) had a small role in this film; this was the first time the two brothers were on screen together.

Other films where dogs appeared on screen with Chaplin were The Champion (1915), The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), and Modern Times (1936).

[edit] Cast

Charles Chaplin - Tramp
Edna Purviance - Bar singer
Syd Chaplin - Lunchwagon owner
Henry Bergman - Fat unemployed man/Dance-hall lady
Charles Reisner - Employment agency clerk
Albert Austin - Employment agency clerk
Tom Wilson - Policeman
M.J. McCarthy - Unemployed man
Mel Brown - Unemployed man
Charles Force - Unemployed man
Bert Appling - Unemployed man
Thomas Riley - Unemployed man
Slim Cole - Unemployed man
Ted Edwards - Unemployed man
Louis Fitzroy - Unemployed man

[edit] External links

A Dog's Life at the Internet Movie Database

v • d • e Charlie Chaplin filmography

Keystone Studios (1914)	Making a Living • Kid Auto Races at Venice • Mabel's Strange Predicament • Between Showers • A Film Johnnie • Tango Tangles • His Favourite Pastime • Cruel, Cruel Love • The Star Boarder • Mabel at the Wheel • Twenty Minutes of Love • Caught in a Cabaret • Caught in the Rain • A Busy Day • The Fatal Mallet • Her Friend the Bandit • Mabel's Busy Day • Mabel's Married Life • Laughing Gas • The Face on the Bar Room Floor • Recreation • The Masquerader • His New Profession • The Rounders • The Property Man • The New Janitor • Those Love Pangs • Dough and Dynamite • Gentlemen of Nerve • His Musical Career • His Trysting Place • Tillie's Punctured Romance • Getting Acquainted • His Prehistoric Past

Essanay Studios (1915-1918)	His New Job • A Night Out • The Champion • In the Park • A Jitney Elopement • The Tramp • By the Sea • His Regeneration (uncredited) • Work • A Woman • The Bank • Shanghaied • A Night in the Show • Burlesque on Carmen • Police • Triple Trouble

Mutual Film Corp (1916-1917)	The Floorwalker • The Fireman • The Vagabond • One A.M. • The Count • The Pawnshop • Behind the Screen • The Rink • Easy Street • The Cure • The Immigrant • The Adventurer

First National (1918-1923)	A Dog's Life • The Bond • Shoulder Arms • Sunnyside • A Day's Pleasure • The Professor • The Kid • The Idle Class • Pay Day • The Pilgrim

United Artists (1923-1952)	A Woman of Paris • The Gold Rush • The Circus • City Lights • Modern Times • The Great Dictator • Monsieur Verdoux • Limelight

Later productions	A King in New York • The Chaplin Revue • A Countess from Hong Kong • The Freak • The Nut • Souls For Sale • A Woman of the Sea • Show People • Chaplin

Stock company	Edna Purviance • Eric Campbell • Albert Austin • Henry Bergman