Editing Making a Living (section)

{{short description|1914 film by Henry Lehrman}}
{{for|the mid-run renamed American television series|It's a Living}}
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{{Use American English|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox film
| name = Making a Living
| image = Charlie_Chaplin_(left)_in_Making_a_Living_1914.jpg
| caption = [[Charlie Chaplin]] (left) in scene with [[Henry Lehrman]]
| director = [[Henry Lehrman]]
| producer = [[Mack Sennett]]
| writer = Reed Heustis<br>Henry Lehrman
| starring = [[Charlie Chaplin]]<br>Henry Lehrman<br>[[Chester Conklin]] <br> [[Minta Durfee]] <br> [[Virginia Kirtley]]
| music =
| cinematography = [[Enrique Juan Vallejo]] <br> [[Frank D. Williams (cinematographer)|Frank D. Williams]]
| editing =
| studio = [[Keystone Studios]]
| distributor = [[Mutual Film Corporation]]
| released = {{Film date|1914|2|2}}
| runtime = 12.5 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent film<br> English (Original intertitles)
| budget =
| gross =
}}

'''''Making a Living''''' (also known as '''''Doing His Best''''', '''''A Busted Johnny''''', '''''Troubles''''', and '''''Take My Picture''''') is the first film starring [[Charlie Chaplin]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/making-a-living-a-busted-johnnydoing-his-besttake-my-picturetroubles/ | title=Other titles of 'Making a Living' | publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] | access-date=5 March 2014}}</ref> A one-reel comedy [[Short film|short]], it was completed in three days at [[Keystone Studios]] in [[Los Angeles, California]] and was released for distribution on February 2, 1914.<ref name="Chaplinauto">Chaplin, Charles. ''My Autobiography''. New York: Simon and Schuster, pp. 143-144.</ref><ref name="Neibaur">{{cite book |last=Neibaur |first=James |title=Early Charlie Chaplin: The Artist As Apprentice at Keystone Studios |year=2012 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |location=Lanham, MD |isbn=978-0810882423}}</ref> In it Chaplin portrays a charming swindler who runs afoul of a news reporter and a [[Keystone Cops|Keystone Cop]].<ref>This is one of only a few films in which Chaplin and the [[Keystone Cops]] appear together.</ref> In addition to co-writing the [[screenplay|"scenario]]" and directing the production, [[Henry Lehrman]] performs as the principal supporting character.