Charlie Chaplin’s The Kid…
As the opening title says: "A picture with a smile—and perhaps, a tear." The most famous and enduring sequence in the film is the Tramp's desperate rooftop pursuit of the agents from the orphanage who had taken the child, and their emotional reunion.
After production was completed in 1920, the film was caught up in the divorce actions of Chaplin's first wife Mildred Harris, who sought to attach Chaplin's assets. Chaplin and his associates smuggled the raw negative to Salt Lake City (reportedly packed in coffee cans) and edited the film in a room at the Hotel Utah.
Chaplin and co-star Jackie Coogan (The Kid) met for the last time in 1972, some 51 years after The Kid was first released. It was during Chaplin's brief return to America to receive an honorary Academy Award for his lifetime contribution to cinema.
It is my favorite scene in the history of Cinema.
Hollywood, California - 1920
