Charlie Chaplin's first feature-length was a film.
Charlie Chaplin . His first feature-length was The Kid ( 1921 ) , followed by A Woman of Paris ( 1923 ) , The Gold Rush ( 1925 ) , and The Circus ( 1928 ) . The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written by , produced by , directed by , and starring Charlie Chaplin , and features Jackie Coogan as his adopted son and sidekick .