Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) marks the film debut of "The Tramp". A goofy and slightly odd fellow who ruins a filmmaker's filming at a race track. That silly tramp time after time keeps on mugging for the camera getting in front of the action out on the race track. Not even the threat of physical violence deters The Tramp from sticking his face in front of the camera. A very strange first appearance of one of the most iconic characters in film history.
It would be a few more films until Chaplin worked out the Tramp. But his first role is quite interesting and if you love Charlie Chaplin's work then you have to see this short.
It would be a few more films until Chaplin worked out the Tramp. But his first role is quite interesting and if you love Charlie Chaplin's work then you have to see this short.