Charlie Chaplin in the fight scene from The Kid

Charlie Chaplin in the fight scene from The Kid Charlie Chaplin and Jackie Coogan star in Chaplin s first feature film released in 1921, The Kid. Originally the film was supposed to be a short (2reeler) but he decided to make it a feature (6reeler) because he loved Coogan so much. The film opens to the title card: A comedy with a smileand perhaps a tear.