Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin was an English motion-picture actor, director, producer, and composer. He was one of the most creative artists in the film history. He was the first to achieve worldwide fame through his performances in silent films. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in London, England in poverty on April 16, 1889. His parents were Sr and Hannah Chaplin. They were both music hall performers. His father was an alcoholic. He left shortly after Charlie was born, leaving Hannah to provide for the children. Charlie got his first taste of the spot light when he was very young. He debuted in the place of his mother because she was hoarse. His childhood was filled with horrible poverty. His mother, Hannah became a chronically psychotic woman who was in and out of mental institutes. When Hannah could no longer take care of Charlie and his siblings, they were admitted into Lambeth Workhouse and later to Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. His father died when Charlie was only 12 years old. As a young child Charlie had been forced to sleep on the streets of London and he had to look for food in garbage pails. It was this same poverty in which he would develop his identification with the "little person". He used
While Chaplin was a crafted genius, his gift was his sense of feeling in his work. He was so many things to many people. He was a great silent artist. He was a very complex individual that was also delighted and enraged with those around him. He lived at the top of the world. He carefully saved and kept, as well as owned his own pictures. Chaplin loved exposure and released many different films to generations that followed. He never had a period in his life where he wasn't exposed. He had a deep desire to maintain the art silent film. He was impulsive, loyal, ruthless, undependable, impetuous, loveable, tyrannical, generous, and egotistical, all elements in which he possessed in excess. He could take someone to a magical place and force them to forget about life's trails. On December 25, 1977, the world's little tramp died peacefully in his sleep. He was 88 years old. The world mourned the loss of Hollywood's first mastermind. He achieved his ambition when he joined a dancing group called the Eight Lancashire Lads. This eventually led on to parts in Sherlock Holmes and Casey's Court Circus. His half brother Sydney joined the Fred Karno Company and managed to get Charlie involved also. He soon became a Karno star. In 1910 Charlie toured the United States with the Karno group and returned for another in 1912. On this tour he was hunted by Mack Sennette and his Keystone Film Company. Charlie was then introduced into the medium of film. His first film, 1914, was titled "Making A Living". He starred in many Keystone Films, but it wasn't until "Twenty Minutes of Love" that Charlie had his own taste of directing for himself. This quickly became the only way he worked. Chaplin's first feature-length comedy was a masterpiece. It was titled "The Kid" (1921), was a remarkable film w
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