Il monello (1921) in streaming su altadefinizione Una donna vuole diventare una grande attrice e abbandona il suo bimbo appena nato, perché non gli sia d'impaccio. Il vagabondo Charlot lo raccoglie e lo cresce. Alcuni anni dopo, l'omino è come un padre per il piccolo, ma c'è chi li vuole separare.
Melodramma, commedia, comicità e tenerezza si fondono in quest'opera straordinaria, in cui Chaplin e il piccolo Jackie Coogan (poi zio Fester nel telefilm degli Addams) fanno a gara nel rubarsi la simpatia dello spettatore. Il film annovera sequenze da antologia, come quella del sogno "paradisiaco" o quella in cui l'omino salva il monello "rapito" dagli uomini dell'orfanatrofio.
Cast
Charlie ChaplinA Tramp
Jackie CooganThe Kid
Carl MillerThe Man
Edna PurvianceThe Woman
Albert AustinCar Thief / Man in Shelter (uncredited)
Beulah BainsBride (uncredited)
Nellie Bly BakerSlum Nurse (uncredited)
Henry BergmanProfessor Guido / Night Shelter Keeper (uncredited)
Edward BibyOrphan Asylum Driver (uncredited)
B.F. BlinnAssistant (uncredited)
Kitty BradburyBride's Mother (uncredited)
Frank CampeauWelfare Officer (uncredited)
Bliss ChevalierExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Frances CochranExtra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
Elsie CoddExtra in Alley Scene (uncredited)
Jack Coogan Sr.Pickpocket / Guest / Devil (uncredited)
Estelle CookExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Lillian CraneExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Philip D'OenchExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Dan DillonBum (uncredited)
Robert DunbarBridegroom (uncredited)
Florette FaulknerExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Gloria FaytheLittle Girl (uncredited)
Rupert FranklinBride's Father / Extra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
Sadie GordonExtra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Lita GreyFlirtatious Angel (uncredited)
Frank HaleExtra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
Martha HallExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Jules HanftPhysician (uncredited)
Louise HathawayExtra in Alley Scene (uncredited)
Silas HathawayThe Kid as a Baby (uncredited)
Flora HowardBridesmaid (uncredited)
Ed HuntExtra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
Lulu JenksExtra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Irene JenningsExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Kathleen KayMaid (uncredited)
Grace KellerExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Sarah KernanExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Raymond LeeHis Kid Brother (uncredited)
Walter LynchTough Cop (uncredited)
V. MadisonExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Clyde McAteeExtra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
Michael J. McCarthyExtra (Angel) Heaven & (Cook) Alley Scene (uncredited)
John McKinnonChief of Police (uncredited)
Ethel O'NeilExtra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Lew ParkerExtra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Charles I. PierceExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Laura PollardExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Evans QuirkExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
Esther RalstonExtra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
Granville RedmondThe Man's Friend (uncredited)
Charles ReisnerBully (uncredited)
Henry RoserExtra in Heaven Scene (uncredited)
J.B. RussellExtra in Wedding Scene (uncredited)
George V. SheldonExtra in Reception Scene (uncredited)
