Review of A Dog's Life (1918) by Wes M — 11 Jan 2012

So, after watching only 3 of his films, I've come to the conclusion that Chaplin can do no wrong. He and his movies are just too lovable. I mean, yes, this one and Pay Day aren't full length features, but they're still great fun (Modern Times is prolly gonna stay my favorite til I finally see The Great Dictator or City Lights).

Some great symbolism and metaphors in this movie between him and the dog. Some fun facts: they looked for several dogs to play the role of Scraps, but they ended up just finding this stray and using it.

Charlie befriended the dog and ended up keeping him. This is his 1st 3 reel film (which makes it about 30 mins). The studio, for which this was his first movie, paid him an unprecedented $1 million...

That's uhh, a lot of mula for 1918!