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His New Profession starring Charlie Chaplin—originally released August 31, 1914

Charlie Chaplin in The Tramp Art Print
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Charlie Chaplin, the little tramp, meets a young couple and agrees to care for the man’s crippled, wheelchair-bound uncle. After the couple breaks up, the man quickly finds a new girlfriend, who drops some eggs which Charlie slips on while trying to control the wheelchair. Charlie sets up the uncle near another wheelchair on a jetty, from which he lifts a beggar’s cup and “invalid” sign. He places these by the uncle in his wheelchair, and starts to ‘earn’ money from passerby. Charlie takes the money and buys himself a drink. Upon his return, he begins making the acquaintance of the first girlfriend. After pushing the uncle and his chair into the water, and battling a beggar and two policemen (one of whom arrests the uncle), Charlie fights off his rival and gets the girl.