The Tramp is a 1915 film directed and written by Charlie Chaplin, who plays the titular character. It was Chaplin's sixth film, produced by Essanay Studios and his fifth shot in and around their studio in Niles, California. The character of The Tramp had appeared in Chaplin's previous films, but with this film he is given more emotional depth. The film also stars Ernest Van Pelt and Edna Purviance as a farmer and his daughter.
The Tramp is walking down the road, narrowly escaping two cars. Seeking refuge on a farm, he faces various humorous situations, including a hobo trading his sandwich for a brick. The Tramp comes to the aid of a farmer's daughter who is harassed by a hobo. As the story unfolds, the Tramp engages in farm work, gets involved in a tiff with a farmhand, and foils a planned robbery. However, upon realizing the farmer's daughter is already in a relationship, the Tramp decides to leave, leaving a heartfelt letter behind and the Tramp walks away alone on the road he came in.
The Tramp faced cuts by city and state film censorship boards, including a scene of Chaplin sitting in a sewage drainage pipe after burning his posterior, cut by the Chicago Board of Censors.
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