Cruel, Cruel Love
AKA Lord Helpus in the USA; Charlot marquis in France
(1914) American
B&W : One reel
Directed by George Nichols

Cast: Charles Chaplin [the jilted suitor], Minta Durfee [the girl], [?] Dora Rodgers? [the maid], [?] ? [the gardener], [?] ? [the practical joker]?, [?] Glen Cavender? [doctor]

Keystone Film Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Produced by Mack Sennett. Scenario by [?] Craig Hutchinson? Cinematography by Frank D. Williams. / No copyright registration. Released 26 March 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format. / Working title: Poison. [?] Completed or shipped? on 5 March 1914. The film was reedited and rereleased in the USA as Lord Helpus by W.H. Productions Company in 1918. / The film was released in Spain on 22 July 1915. [?] Sited credits for Chester Conklin, Edgar Kennedy, Billy Gilbert and Alice Davenport appear to be inaccurate.

Comedy.

Synopsis: A jilted suitor is convinced he has consumed poison.

Survival Status: Prints exist in private film collections [16mm reduction positives].

Keywords: Animals: Horses - Boarding houses - Bottles (Milk) - Communication: Telephones - Curtains - Domestics: Maids - Letters - Medical: Doctors - Milk - Notes - Poison (False) - Practical jokes - Street scenes - Transportation: Ambulances, Automobiles

Listing updated: 30 March 2007.

References: Film viewing : Brownlow-Parade p. 498; Jacobs-Chaplin p. 135; Lahue-Kops p. 145; Lahue-Mack p. 294 : ClasIm-225 p. C14 : Website-IMDb.

Home Video: DVD.