 Milton Berle (qv) claimed to have played the bit part of the  newsboy who gets slapped in the face and kicked by  Charles Chaplin (qv). He later confronted Chaplin about having  played the role, but Chaplin (nor anyone else, it seems) could  recall for certain whether or not it was indeed Berle. Most  researchers believe the role to have been played by  Gordon Griffith (I) (qv), Keystones house child actor. However,  there are still others who claim that the boy does not resemble  Griffith, and could therefore possibly be Berle. There really is no  definitive way of obtaining an answer unless some sort of original  studio records turn up, so in the meantime this can be considered  speculation at best.