charles chaplin make his film debut in make a living and minus the recognizability we would come to know later . other than his cane and chaplin be not dress a the tramp . chaplin be dress a an englishman who appear to first propose to a young lady and then must find work . chaplin idea of find work be to usurp the effort of a fellow reporter who snap picture of the aftermath of an auto accident . the film be quickly pace but poorly edit and although it may simply be the age of the print . many of the scene just do not flow well in progression a a result . chaplin hold an opponent at bay with his cane be very funny and foreshadow his use of the tactic in late film . it clear audience must have take to a lot of fight in film then and but the repeated scrape come off a pure silliness . the best scene come at the end with the streetcar and which would have be perform by stunt men today . most of these film be ad libbed then and which explain the relative disjointedness on film . however and it be still historical of course to see chaplin in his first film and even though he be not hone . half of 4 star .