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Sir Charlie Chaplin KBE
Chaplin in the early 1920s
Born	Charles Spencer Chaplin 16 April 1889 London, England
Died	25 December 1977 (aged 88) Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland
Burial place	Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland
Occupations	Actor comedian director composer screenwriter producer editor
Years active	1899–1975
Works	Full list
Spouses	Mildred Harris ​ ​ (m. 1918; div. 1920)​ Lita Grey ​ ​ (m. 1924; div. 1927)​ Paulette Goddard ​ ​ (m. 1936; div. 1942)​ Oona O’Neill ​ (m. 1943)​
Children	11, including Charles, Sydney, Geraldine, Michael, Josephine, Victoria, Eugene and Christopher
Parent(s)	Charles Chaplin Sr. Hannah Hill
Relatives	Chaplin family
Website	charliechaplin.com
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Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry’s most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

Chaplin’s childhood in London was one of poverty and hardship. His father was absent and his mother struggled financially — he was sent to a workhouse twice before age nine. When he was 14, his mother was committed to a mental asylum. Chaplin began performing at an early age, touring music halls and later working as a stage actor and comedian. At 19, he was signed to the Fred Karno company, which took him to the United States. He was scouted for the film industry and began appearing in 1914 for Keystone Studios. He soon developed the Tramp persona and attracted a large fan base. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the Essanay, Mutual, and First National corporations. By 1918, he was one of the world’s best-known figures.

In 1919, Chaplin co-founded distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films. His first feature-length film was The Kid (1921), followed by A Woman of Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928). He initially refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. His first sound film was The Great Dictator (1940), which satirised Adolf Hitler. The 1940s were marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused of communist sympathies, and some members of the press and public were scandalised by his involvement in a paternity suit and marriages to much younger women. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the U.S. and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957), and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967).

Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture. His films are characterised by slapstick combined with pathos, typified in the Tramp’s struggles against adversity. Many contain social and political themes, as well as autobiographical elements. He received an Honorary Academy Award for «the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century» in 1972, as part of a renewed appreciation for his work. He continues to be held in high regard, with The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator often ranked on lists of the greatest films.

Biography

1889–1913: early years

Background and childhood hardship

Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. was born on 16 April 1889 to Hannah Chaplin (née Hill) and Charles Chaplin Sr. His paternal grandmother came from the Smith family, who belonged to Romani people.^[1][2][3][4] There is no official record of his birth, although Chaplin believed he was born at East Street, Walworth, in South London.^[5][a] His parents had married four years previously, at which time Charles Sr. became the legal guardian of Hannah’s first son, Sydney John Hill.^[9][b] At the time of his birth, Chaplin’s parents were both music hall entertainers. Hannah, the daughter of a shoemaker,^[10] had a brief and unsuccessful career under the stage name Lily Harley,^[11] while Charles Sr., a butcher’s son,^[12] was a popular singer.^[13] Although they never divorced, Chaplin’s parents were estranged by around 1891.^[14] The following year, Hannah gave birth to a third son, George Wheeler Dryden, fathered by the music hall entertainer Leo Dryden. The child was taken by Dryden at six months old, and did not re-enter Chaplin’s life for thirty years.^[15]

Chaplin’s childhood was fraught with poverty and hardship, making his eventual trajectory «the most dramatic of all the rags to riches stories ever told» according to his authorised biographer David Robinson.^[16] Chaplin’s early years were spent with his mother and brother Sydney in the London district of Kennington. Hannah had no means of income, other than occasional nursing and dressmaking, and Chaplin Sr. provided no financial support.^[17] As the situation deteriorated, Chaplin was sent to Lambeth Workhouse when he was seven years old.^[c] The council housed him at the Central London District School for paupers, which Chaplin remembered as «a forlorn existence».^[19] He was briefly reunited with his mother 18 months later, before Hannah was forced to readmit her family to the workhouse in July 1898. The boys were promptly sent to Norwood Schools, another institution for destitute children.^[20]

I was hardly aware of a crisis because we lived in a continual crisis; and, being a boy, I dismissed our troubles with gracious forgetfulness.

— Charlie Chaplin, on his childhood^[21]

In September 1898, Hannah was committed to Cane Hill mental asylum; she had developed a psychosis seemingly brought on by an infection of syphilis and malnutrition.^[22] For the two months she was there, Chaplin and his brother Sydney were sent to live with their father, whom the young boys scarcely knew.^[23] Charles Sr. was by then a severe alcoholic, and life there was bad enough to provoke a visit from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.^[24] Chaplin’s father died two years later, at 38 years old, from cirrhosis of the liver.^[25]

Hannah entered a period of remission but, in May 1903, became ill again.^[24] Chaplin, then 14, had the task of taking his mother to the infirmary, from where she was sent back to Cane Hill.^[26] He lived alone for several days, searching for food and occasionally sleeping rough, until Sydney – who had joined the Navy two years earlier – returned.^[27] Hannah was released from the asylum eight months later,^[28] but in March 1905, her illness returned, this time permanently. «There was nothing we could do but accept poor mother’s fate», Chaplin later wrote, and she remained in care until her death in 1928.^[29]

Young performer

Between his time in the poor schools and his mother succumbing to mental illness, Chaplin began to perform on stage. He later recalled making his first amateur appearance at the age of five years, when he took over from Hannah one night in Aldershot.^[d] This was an isolated occurrence, but by the time he was nine Chaplin had, with his mother’s encouragement, grown interested in performing. He later wrote: «[she] imbued me with the feeling that I had some sort of talent».^[31] Through his father’s connections,^[32] Chaplin became a member of the Eight Lancashire Lads clog-dancing troupe, with whom he toured English music halls throughout 1899 and 1900.^[e] Chaplin worked hard, and the act was popular with audiences, but he was not satisfied with dancing and wished to form a comedy act.^[34]

In the years Chaplin was touring with the Eight Lancashire Lads, his mother ensured that he still attended school but, by age 13, he had abandoned education.^[35][36] He supported himself with a range of jobs, while nursing his ambition to become an actor.^[37] At 14, shortly after his mother’s relapse, he registered with a theatrical agency in London’s West End. The manager sensed potential in Chaplin, who was promptly given his first role as a newsboy in Harry Arthur Saintsbury’s Jim, a Romance of Cockayne.^[38] It opened in July 1903, but the show was unsuccessful and closed after two weeks. Chaplin’s comic performance, however, was singled out for praise in many of the reviews.^[39]

Saintsbury secured a role for Chaplin in Charles Frohman’s production of Sherlock Holmes, where he played Billy the pageboy in three nationwide tours.^[40] His performance was so well received that he was called to London to play the role alongside William Gillette, the original Holmes.^[f] «It was like tidings from heaven», Chaplin recalled.^[42] At 16 years old, Chaplin starred in the play’s West End production at the Duke of York’s Theatre from October to December 1905.^[43] He completed one final tour of Sherlock Holmes in early 1906, before leaving the play after more than two-and-a-half years.^[44]

Stage comedy and vaudeville

Chaplin soon found work with a new company and went on tour with his brother, who was also pursuing an acting career, in a comedy sketch called Repairs.^[45] In May 1906, Chaplin joined the juvenile act Casey’s Circus,^[46] where he developed popular burlesque pieces and was soon the star of the show. By the time the act finished touring in July 1907, the 18-year-old had become an accomplished comedic performer.^[47] He struggled to find more work, however, and a brief attempt at a solo act was a failure.^[g]

Meanwhile, Sydney Chaplin had joined Fred Karno’s prestigious comedy company in 1906 and, by 1908, he was one of their key performers.^[49] In February, he managed to secure a two-week trial for his younger brother. Karno was initially wary, and considered Chaplin a «pale, puny, sullen-looking youngster» who «looked much too shy to do any good in the theatre».^[50] However, the teenager made an impact on his first night at the London Coliseum and he was quickly signed to a contract.^[51] Chaplin began by playing a series of minor parts, eventually progressing to starring roles in 1909.^[52] In April 1910, he was given the lead in a new sketch, Jimmy the Fearless. It was a big success, and Chaplin received considerable press attention.^[53]

Karno selected his new star to join the section of the company, one that also included Stan Laurel, that toured North America’s vaudeville circuit.^[54][55] The young comedian headed the show and impressed reviewers, being described as «one of the best pantomime artists ever seen here».^[56] His most successful role was a drunk called the «Inebriate Swell», which drew him significant recognition.^[57] The tour lasted 21 months, and the troupe returned to England in June 1912.^[58] Chaplin recalled that he «had a disquieting feeling of sinking back into a depressing commonplaceness» and was, therefore, delighted when a new tour began in October.^[59]

1914–1917: entering films

Keystone

Six months into the second American tour, Chaplin was invited to join the New York Motion Picture Company. A representative who had seen his performances thought he could replace Fred Mace, a star of their Keystone Studios who intended to leave.^[60] Chaplin thought the Keystone comedies «a crude mélange of rough and rumble», but liked the idea of working in films and rationalised: «Besides, it would mean a new life.»^[61] He met with the company and signed a $150-per-week^[h] contract in September 1913.^[63] Chaplin arrived in Los Angeles in early December,^[64] and began working for the Keystone studio on 5 January 1914.^[65]

Chaplin’s boss was Mack Sennett, who initially expressed concern that the 24-year-old looked too young.^[66] He was not used in a picture until late January, during which time Chaplin attempted to learn the processes of filmmaking.^[67] The one-reeler Making a Living marked his film acting debut and was released on 2 February 1914. Chaplin strongly disliked the picture, but one review picked him out as «a comedian of the first water».^[68] For his second appearance in front of the camera, Chaplin selected the costume with which he became identified. He described the process in his autobiography:

I wanted everything to be a contradiction: the pants baggy, the coat tight, the hat small and the shoes large … I added a small moustache, which, I reasoned, would add age without hiding my expression. I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the makeup made me feel the person he was. I began to know him, and by the time I walked on stage he was fully born.^[69][i]

The film was Mabel’s Strange Predicament, but «the Tramp» character, as it became known, debuted to audiences in Kid Auto Races at Venice – shot later than Mabel’s Strange Predicament but released two days earlier on 7 February 1914.^[71][72] Chaplin adopted the character as his screen persona and attempted to make suggestions for the films he appeared in. These ideas were dismissed by his directors.^[73] During the filming of his 11th picture, Mabel at the Wheel, he clashed with director Mabel Normand and was almost released from his contract. Sennett kept him on, however, when he received orders from exhibitors for more Chaplin films.^[74] Sennett also allowed Chaplin to direct his next film himself after Chaplin promised to pay $1,500 ($41,000 in 2021 dollars) if the film was unsuccessful.^[75]

Caught in the Rain, issued 4 May 1914, was Chaplin’s directorial debut and was highly successful.^[76] Thereafter he directed almost every short film in which he appeared for Keystone,^[77] at the rate of approximately one per week,^[78] a period which he later remembered as the most exciting time of his career.^[79] Chaplin’s films introduced a slower form of comedy than the typical Keystone farce,^[71] and he developed a large fan base.^[80] In November 1914, he had a supporting role in the first feature length comedy film, Tillie’s Punctured Romance, directed by Sennett and starring Marie Dressler, which was a commercial success and increased his popularity.^[81] When Chaplin’s contract came up for renewal at the end of the year, he asked for $1,000 a week^[j] an amount Sennett refused as too large.^[82]

Essanay

The Essanay Film Manufacturing Company of Chicago sent Chaplin an offer of $1,250^[k] a week with a signing bonus of $10,000.^[l] He joined the studio in late December 1914,^[83] where he began forming a stock company of regular players, actors he worked with again and again, including Ben Turpin, Leo White, Bud Jamison, Paddy McGuire, Fred Goodwins, and Billy Armstrong. He soon recruited a leading lady, Edna Purviance, whom Chaplin met in a café and hired on account of her beauty. She went on to appear in 35 films with Chaplin over eight years;^[84] the pair also formed a romantic relationship that lasted into 1917.^[85]

Chaplin asserted a high level of control over his pictures and started to put more time and care into each film.^[86] There was a month-long interval between the release of his second production, A Night Out, and his third, The Champion.^[87] The final seven of Chaplin’s 14 Essanay films were all produced at this slower pace.^[88] Chaplin also began to alter his screen persona, which had attracted some criticism at Keystone for its «mean, crude, and brutish» nature.^[89] The character became more gentle and romantic;^[90] The Tramp (April 1915) was considered a particular turning point in his development.^[91] The use of pathos was developed further with The Bank, in which Chaplin created a sad ending. Robinson notes that this was an innovation in comedy films, and marked the time when serious critics began to appreciate Chaplin’s work.^[92] At Essanay, writes film scholar Simon Louvish, Chaplin «found the themes and the settings that would define the Tramp’s world».^[93]

During 1915, Chaplin became a cultural phenomenon. Shops were stocked with Chaplin merchandise, he was featured in cartoons and comic strips, and several songs were written about him.^[94] In July, a journalist for Motion Picture Magazine wrote that «Chaplinitis» had spread across America.^[95] As his fame grew worldwide, he became the film industry’s first international star.^[96] When the Essanay contract ended in December 1915,^[97][m] Chaplin, fully aware of his popularity, requested a $150,000^[n] signing bonus from his next studio. He received several offers, including Universal, Fox, and Vitagraph, the best of which came from the Mutual Film Corporation at $10,000^[o] a week.^[99]

Mutual

A contract was negotiated with Mutual that amounted to $670,000^[p] a year,^[100] which Robinson says made Chaplin – at 26 years old – one of the highest paid people in the world.^[101] The high salary shocked the public and was widely reported in the press.^[102] John R. Freuler, the studio president, explained: «We can afford to pay Mr. Chaplin this large sum annually because the public wants Chaplin and will pay for him.»^[103]

Mutual gave Chaplin his own Los Angeles studio to work in, which opened in March 1916.^[104] He added two key members to his stock company, Albert Austin and Eric Campbell,^[105] and produced a series of elaborate two-reelers: The Floorwalker, The Fireman, The Vagabond, One A.M., and The Count.^[106] For The Pawnshop, he recruited the actor Henry Bergman, who was to work with Chaplin for 30 years.^[107] Behind the Screen and The Rink completed Chaplin’s releases for 1916. The Mutual contract stipulated that he release a two-reel film every four weeks, which he had managed to achieve. With the new year, however, Chaplin began to demand more time.^[108] He made only four more films for Mutual over the first ten months of 1917: Easy Street, The Cure, The Immigrant, and The Adventurer.^[109] With their careful construction, these films are considered by Chaplin scholars to be among his finest work.^[110][111] Later in life, Chaplin referred to his Mutual years as the happiest period of his career.^[112] However, Chaplin also felt that those films became increasingly formulaic over the period of the contract, and he was increasingly dissatisfied with the working conditions encouraging that.^[113]

Chaplin was attacked in the British media for not fighting in the First World War.^[114] He defended himself, claiming that he would fight for Britain if called and had registered for the American draft, but he was not summoned by either country.^[q] Despite this criticism, Chaplin was a favourite with the troops,^[116] and his popularity continued to grow worldwide. Harper’s Weekly reported that the name of Charlie Chaplin was «a part of the common language of almost every country», and that the Tramp image was «universally familiar».^[117] In 1917, professional Chaplin imitators were so widespread that he took legal action,^[118] and it was reported that nine out of ten men who attended costume parties, did so dressed as the Tramp.^[119] The same year, a study by the Boston Society for Psychical Research concluded that Chaplin was «an American obsession».^[119] The actress Minnie Maddern Fiske wrote that «a constantly increasing body of cultured, artistic people are beginning to regard the young English buffoon, Charles Chaplin, as an extraordinary artist, as well as a comic genius».^[117]

1918–1922: First National

In January 1918, Chaplin was visited by leading British singer and comedian Harry Lauder, and the two acted in a short film together.^[120]

Mutual was patient with Chaplin’s decreased rate of output, and the contract ended amicably. With his aforementioned concern about the declining quality of his films because of contract scheduling stipulations, Chaplin’s primary concern in finding a new distributor was independence; Sydney Chaplin, then his business manager, told the press, «Charlie [must] be allowed all the time he needs and all the money for producing [films] the way he wants … It is quality, not quantity, we are after.»^[121] In June 1917, Chaplin signed to complete eight films for First National Exhibitors’ Circuit in return for $1 million.^[r][122] He chose to build his own studio, situated on five acres of land off Sunset Boulevard, with production facilities of the highest order.^[123] It was completed in January 1918,^[124] and Chaplin was given freedom over the making of his pictures.^[125]

A Dog’s Life, released April 1918, was the first film under the new contract. In it, Chaplin demonstrated his increasing concern with story construction and his treatment of the Tramp as «a sort of Pierrot».^[126] The film was described by Louis Delluc as «cinema’s first total work of art».^[127] Chaplin then embarked on the Third Liberty Bond campaign, touring the United States for one month to raise money for the Allies of the First World War.^[128] He also produced a short propaganda film at his own expense, donated to the government for fund-raising, called The Bond.^[129] Chaplin’s next release was war-based, placing the Tramp in the trenches for Shoulder Arms. Associates warned him against making a comedy about the war but, as he later recalled: «Dangerous or not, the idea excited me.»^[130] He spent four months filming the picture, which was released in October 1918 with great success.^[131]

United Artists, Mildred Harris, and The Kid

After the release of Shoulder Arms, Chaplin requested more money from First National, which was refused. Frustrated with their lack of concern for quality, and worried about rumours of a possible merger between the company and Famous Players-Lasky, Chaplin joined forces with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and D. W. Griffith to form a new distribution company, United Artists, in January 1919.^[132] The arrangement was revolutionary in the film industry, as it enabled the four partners – all creative artists – to personally fund their pictures and have complete control.^[133] Chaplin was eager to start with the new company and offered to buy out his contract with First National. They refused and insisted that he complete the final six films owed.^[134]

Before the creation of United Artists, Chaplin married for the first time. The 16-year-old actress Mildred Harris had revealed that she was pregnant with his child, and in September 1918, he married her quietly in Los Angeles to avoid controversy.^[135] Soon after, the pregnancy was found to be false.^[136] Chaplin was unhappy with the union and, feeling that marriage stunted his creativity, struggled over the production of his film Sunnyside.^[137] Harris was by then legitimately pregnant, and on 7 July 1919, gave birth to a son. Norman Spencer Chaplin was born malformed and died three days later.^[138] The marriage ended in April 1920, with Chaplin explaining in his autobiography that they were «irreconcilably mismated».^[139]

Losing the child, plus his own childhood experiences, are thought to have influenced Chaplin’s next film, which turned the Tramp into the caretaker of a young boy.^[125][140] For this new venture, Chaplin also wished to do more than comedy and, according to Louvish, «make his mark on a changed world».^[141] Filming on The Kid began in August 1919, with four-year-old Jackie Coogan his co-star.^[142] The Kid was in production for nine months until May 1920 and, at 68 minutes, it was Chaplin’s longest picture to date.^[143] Dealing with issues of poverty and parent–child separation, The Kid was one of the earliest films to combine comedy and drama.^[144] It was released in January 1921 with instant success, and, by 1924, had been screened in over 50 countries.^[145]

Chaplin spent five months on his next film, the two-reeler The Idle Class.^[133] Work on the picture was for a time delayed by more turmoil in his personal life. First National had on 12 April announced Chaplin’s engagement to the actress May Collins, whom he had hired to be his secretary at the studio. By early June, however, Chaplin «suddenly decided he could scarcely stand to be in the same room» as Collins, but instead of breaking off the engagement directly, he «stopped coming in to work, sending word that he was suffering from a bad case of influenza, which May knew to be a lie.»^[146]

Ultimately work on the film resumed, and following its September 1921 release, Chaplin chose to return to England for the first time in almost a decade.^[147] He wrote a book about his journey, titled My Wonderful Visit.^[148] He then worked to fulfil his First National contract, releasing Pay Day in February 1922. The Pilgrim, his final short film, was delayed by distribution disagreements with the studio and released a year later.^[149]

1923–1938: silent features

A Woman of Paris and The Gold Rush

Having fulfilled his First National contract, Chaplin was free to make his first picture as an independent producer. In November 1922, he began filming A Woman of Paris, a romantic drama about ill-fated lovers.^[150] Chaplin intended it to be a star-making vehicle for Edna Purviance,^[151] and did not appear in the picture himself other than in a brief, uncredited cameo.^[152] He wished the film to have a realistic feel and directed his cast to give restrained performances. In real life, he explained, «men and women try to hide their emotions rather than seek to express them».^[153] A Woman of Paris premiered in September 1923 and was acclaimed for its innovative, subtle approach.^[154] The public, however, seemed to have little interest in a Chaplin film without Chaplin, and it was a box office disappointment.^[155] The filmmaker was hurt by this failure – he had long wanted to produce a dramatic film and was proud of the result – and soon withdrew A Woman of Paris from circulation.^[156]

Chaplin returned to comedy for his next project. Setting his standards high, he told himself «This next film must be an epic! The Greatest!»^[157] Inspired by a photograph of the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush, and later the story of the Donner Party of 1846–1847, he made what Geoffrey Macnab calls «an epic comedy out of grim subject matter».^[158] In The Gold Rush, the Tramp is a lonely prospector fighting adversity and looking for love. With Georgia Hale as his leading lady, Chaplin began filming the picture in February 1924.^[159] Its elaborate production, costing almost $1 million,^[160] included location shooting in the Truckee mountains in Nevada with 600 extras, extravagant sets, and special effects.^[161] The last scene was shot in May 1925 after 15 months of filming.^[162]

Chaplin felt The Gold Rush was the best film he had made.^[163] It opened in August 1925 and became one of the highest-grossing films of the silent era with a U.S. box-office of $5 million.^[s][164] The comedy contains some of Chaplin’s most famous sequences, such as the Tramp eating his shoe and the «Dance of the Rolls».^[165] Macnab has called it «the quintessential Chaplin film».^[166] Chaplin stated at its release, «This is the picture that I want to be remembered by».^[167]

Lita Grey and The Circus

While making The Gold Rush, Chaplin married for the second time. Mirroring the circumstances of his first union, Lita Grey was a teenage actress, originally set to star in the film, whose surprise announcement of pregnancy forced Chaplin into marriage. She was 16 and he was 35, meaning Chaplin could have been charged with statutory rape under California law.^[168] He therefore arranged a discreet marriage in Mexico on 25 November 1924.^[169] They originally met during her childhood and she had previously appeared in his works The Kid and The Idle Class.^[170] Their first son, Charles Spencer Chaplin III, was born on 5 May 1925, followed by Sydney Earl Chaplin on 30 March 1926.^[171] On 6 July 1925, Chaplin became the first movie star to be featured on a Time magazine cover.^[172]

It was an unhappy marriage, and Chaplin spent long hours at the studio to avoid seeing his wife.^[173] In November 1926, Grey took the children and left the family home.^[174] A bitter divorce followed, in which Grey’s application – accusing Chaplin of infidelity, abuse, and of harbouring «perverted sexual desires» – was leaked to the press.^[175][t] Chaplin was reported to be in a state of nervous breakdown, as the story became headline news and groups formed across America calling for his films to be banned.^[177] Eager to end the case without further scandal, Chaplin’s lawyers agreed to a cash settlement of $600,000^[u] – the largest awarded by American courts at that time.^[178] His fan base was strong enough to survive the incident, and it was soon forgotten, but Chaplin was deeply affected by it.^[179]

Before the divorce suit was filed, Chaplin had begun work on a new film, The Circus.^[180] He built a story around the idea of walking a tightrope while besieged by monkeys, and turned the Tramp into the accidental star of a circus.^[181] Filming was suspended for ten months while he dealt with the divorce scandal,^[182] and it was generally a trouble-ridden production.^[183] Finally completed in October 1927, The Circus was released in January 1928 to a positive reception.^[184] At the 1st Academy Awards, Chaplin was given a special trophy «For versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing and producing The Circus«.^[185] Despite its success, he permanently associated the film with the stress of its production; Chaplin omitted The Circus from his autobiography, and struggled to work on it when he recorded the score in his later years.^[186]

City Lights

I was determined to continue making silent films … I was a pantomimist and in that medium I was unique and, without false modesty, a master.

— Charlie Chaplin, explaining his defiance against sound in the 1930s^[187]

By the time The Circus was released, Hollywood had witnessed the introduction of sound films. Chaplin was cynical about this new medium and the technical shortcomings it presented, believing that «talkies» lacked the artistry of silent films.^[188] He was also hesitant to change the formula that had brought him such success,^[189] and feared that giving the Tramp a voice would limit his international appeal.^[190] He, therefore, rejected the new Hollywood craze and began work on a new silent film. Chaplin was nonetheless anxious about this decision and remained so throughout the film’s production.^[190]

When filming began at the end of 1928, Chaplin had been working on the story for almost a year.^[191] City Lights followed the Tramp’s love for a blind flower girl (played by Virginia Cherrill) and his efforts to raise money for her sight-saving operation. It was a challenging production that lasted 21 months,^[192] with Chaplin later confessing that he «had worked himself into a neurotic state of wanting perfection».^[193] One advantage Chaplin found in sound technology was the opportunity to record a musical score for the film, which he composed himself.^[193][194]

Chaplin finished editing City Lights in December 1930, by which time silent films were an anachronism.^[195] A preview before an unsuspecting public audience was not a success,^[196] but a showing for the press produced positive reviews. One journalist wrote, «Nobody in the world but Charlie Chaplin could have done it. He is the only person that has that peculiar something called ‘audience appeal’ in sufficient quality to defy the popular penchant for movies that talk.»^[197] Given its general release in January 1931, City Lights proved to be a popular and financial success, eventually grossing over $3 million.^[v][198] The British Film Institute called it Chaplin’s finest accomplishment, and the critic James Agee hails the closing scene as «the greatest piece of acting and the highest moment in movies».^[199][200] City Lights became Chaplin’s personal favourite of his films and remained so throughout his life.^[201]

Travels, Paulette Goddard, and Modern Times

City Lights had been a success, but Chaplin was unsure if he could make another picture without dialogue. He remained convinced that sound would not work in his films, but was also «obsessed by a depressing fear of being old-fashioned».^[202] In this state of uncertainty, early in 1931, the comedian decided to take a holiday and ended up travelling for 16 months.^[203][w] He spent months travelling Western Europe, including extended stays in France and Switzerland, and spontaneously decided to visit Japan.^[205] The day after he arrived in Japan, Prime Minister Inukai Tsuyoshi was assassinated by ultra-nationalists in the May 15 Incident. The group’s original plan had been to provoke a war with the United States by assassinating Chaplin at a welcome reception organised by the prime minister, but the plan had been foiled due to delayed public announcement of the event’s date.^[206]

In his autobiography, Chaplin recalled that on his return to Los Angeles, «I was confused and without plan, restless and conscious of an extreme loneliness». He briefly considered retiring and moving to China.^[208] Chaplin’s loneliness was relieved when he met 21-year-old actress Paulette Goddard in July 1932, and the pair began a relationship.^[209] He was not ready to commit to a film, however, and focused on writing a serial about his travels (published in Woman’s Home Companion).^[210] The trip had been a stimulating experience for Chaplin, including meetings with several prominent thinkers, and he became increasingly interested in world affairs.^[211] The state of labour in America troubled him, and he feared that capitalism and machinery in the workplace would increase unemployment levels. It was these concerns that stimulated Chaplin to develop his new film.^[212]

Modern Times was announced by Chaplin as «a satire on certain phases of our industrial life».^[213] Featuring the Tramp and Goddard as they endure the Great Depression, it took ten and a half months to film.^[214] Chaplin intended to use spoken dialogue but changed his mind during rehearsals. Like its predecessor, Modern Times employed sound effects but almost no speaking.^[215] Chaplin’s performance of a gibberish song did, however, give the Tramp a voice for the only time on film.^[216] After recording the music, Chaplin released Modern Times in February 1936.^[217] It was his first feature in 15 years to adopt political references and social realism,^[218] a factor that attracted considerable press coverage despite Chaplin’s attempts to downplay the issue.^[219] The film earned less at the box-office than his previous features and received mixed reviews, as some viewers disliked the politicising.^[220] Today, Modern Times is seen by the British Film Institute as one of Chaplin’s «great features»,^[199] while David Robinson says it shows the filmmaker at «his unrivalled peak as a creator of visual comedy».^[221]

Following the release of Modern Times, Chaplin left with Goddard for a trip to the Far East.^[222] The couple had refused to comment on the nature of their relationship, and it was not known whether they were married or not.^[223] Sometime later, Chaplin revealed that they married in Canton during this trip.^[224] By 1938, the couple had drifted apart, as both focused heavily on their work, although Goddard was again his leading lady in his next feature film, The Great Dictator. She eventually divorced Chaplin in Mexico in 1942, citing incompatibility and separation for more than a year.^[225]

1939–1952: controversies and fading popularity

The Great Dictator

The 1940s saw Chaplin face a series of controversies, both in his work and in his personal life, which changed his fortunes and severely affected his popularity in the United States. The first of these was his growing boldness in expressing his political beliefs. Deeply disturbed by the surge of militaristic nationalism in 1930s world politics,^[226] Chaplin found that he could not keep these issues out of his work.^[227] Parallels between himself and Adolf Hitler had been widely noted: the pair were born four days apart, both had risen from poverty to world prominence, and Hitler wore the same moustache style as Chaplin. It was this physical resemblance that supplied the plot for Chaplin’s next film, The Great Dictator, which directly satirised Hitler and attacked fascism.^[228]

Chaplin spent two years developing the script^[229] and began filming in September 1939, six days after Britain declared war on Germany.^[230] He had submitted to using spoken dialogue, partly out of acceptance that he had no other choice, but also because he recognised it as a better method for delivering a political message.^[231] Making a comedy about Hitler was seen as highly controversial, but Chaplin’s financial independence allowed him to take the risk.^[232] «I was determined to go ahead», he later wrote, «for Hitler must be laughed at.»^[233][x] Chaplin replaced the Tramp (while wearing similar attire) with «A Jewish Barber», a reference to the Nazi Party’s belief that he was Jewish.^[234][y] In a dual performance, he also played the dictator «Adenoid Hynkel», a parody of Hitler.^[236]

The Great Dictator spent a year in production and was released in October 1940.^[237] The film generated a vast amount of publicity, with a critic for The New York Times calling it «the most eagerly awaited picture of the year», and it was one of the biggest money-makers of the era.^[238] The ending was unpopular, however, and generated controversy.^[239] Chaplin concluded the film with a five-minute speech in which he abandoned his barber character, looked directly into the camera, and pleaded against war and fascism.^[240] Charles J. Maland has identified this overt preaching as triggering a decline in Chaplin’s popularity, and writes, «Henceforth, no movie fan would ever be able to separate the dimension of politics from [his] star image».^[241] Nevertheless, both Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt liked the film, which they saw at private screenings before its release. Roosevelt subsequently invited Chaplin to read the film’s final speech over the radio during his January 1941 inauguration, with the speech becoming a «hit» of the celebration. Chaplin was often invited to other patriotic functions to read the speech to audiences during the years of the war.^[242] The Great Dictator received five Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actor.^[243]

Legal troubles and Oona O’Neill

In the mid-1940s, Chaplin was involved in a series of trials that occupied most of his time and significantly affected his public image.^[244] The troubles stemmed from his affair with an aspiring actress named Joan Barry, with whom he was involved intermittently between June 1941 and the autumn of 1942.^[245] Barry, who displayed obsessive behaviour and was twice arrested after they separated,^[z] reappeared the following year and announced that she was pregnant with Chaplin’s child. As Chaplin denied the claim, Barry filed a paternity suit against him.^[246]

The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), J. Edgar Hoover, who had long been suspicious of Chaplin’s political leanings, used the opportunity to generate negative publicity about him. As part of a smear campaign to damage Chaplin’s image,^[247] the FBI named him in four indictments related to the Barry case. Most serious of these was an alleged violation of the Mann Act, which prohibits the transportation of women across state boundaries for sexual purposes.^[aa] Historian Otto Friedrich called this an «absurd prosecution» of an «ancient statute»,^[250] yet if Chaplin was found guilty, he faced 23 years in jail.^[251] Three charges lacked sufficient evidence to proceed to court, but the Mann Act trial began on 21 March 1944.^[252] Chaplin was acquitted two weeks later, on 4 April.^[253][248] The case was frequently headline news, with Newsweek calling it the «biggest public relations scandal since the Fatty Arbuckle murder trial in 1921».^[254]

Barry’s child, Carol Ann, was born in October 1943, and the paternity suit went to court in December 1944. After two arduous trials, in which the prosecuting lawyer accused him of «moral turpitude»,^[255] Chaplin was declared to be the father. Evidence from blood tests that indicated otherwise were not admissible,^[ab] and the judge ordered Chaplin to pay child support until Carol Ann turned 21. Media coverage of the suit was influenced by the FBI, which fed information to gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, and Chaplin was portrayed in an overwhelmingly critical light.^[257]

The controversy surrounding Chaplin increased when – two weeks after the paternity suit was filed – it was announced that he had married his newest protégée, 18-year-old Oona O’Neill, the daughter of American playwright Eugene O’Neill.^[258] Chaplin, then 54, had been introduced to her by a film agent seven months earlier.^[ac] In his autobiography, Chaplin described meeting O’Neill as «the happiest event of my life», and claimed to have found «perfect love».^[261] Chaplin’s son, Charles III, reported that Oona «worshipped» his father.^[262] The couple remained married until Chaplin’s death, and had eight children over 18 years: Geraldine Leigh (b. July 1944), Michael John (b. March 1946), Josephine Hannah (b. March 1949), Victoria Agnes (b. May 1951), Eugene Anthony (b. August 1953), Jane Cecil (b. May 1957), Annette Emily (b. December 1959), and Christopher James (b. July 1962).^[263]

Monsieur Verdoux and communist accusations

Chaplin claimed that the Barry trials had «crippled [his] creativeness», and it was some time before he began working again.^[264] In April 1946, he finally began filming a project that had been in development since 1942.^[265] Monsieur Verdoux was a black comedy, the story of a French bank clerk, Verdoux (Chaplin), who loses his job and begins marrying and murdering wealthy widows to support his family. Chaplin’s inspiration for the project came from Orson Welles, who wanted him to star in a film about the French serial killer Henri Désiré Landru. Chaplin decided that the concept would «make a wonderful comedy»,^[266] and paid Welles $5,000^[ad] for the idea.^[267]

Chaplin again vocalised his political views in Monsieur Verdoux, criticising capitalism and arguing that the world encourages mass killing through wars and weapons of mass destruction.^[268] Because of this, the film met with controversy when it was released in April 1947;^[269] Chaplin was booed at the premiere, and there were calls for a boycott.^[270] Monsieur Verdoux was the first Chaplin release that failed both critically and commercially in the United States.^[271] It was more successful abroad,^[272] and Chaplin’s screenplay was nominated at the Academy Awards.^[273] He was proud of the film, writing in his autobiography, «Monsieur Verdoux is the cleverest and most brilliant film I have yet made.»^[274]

The negative reaction to Monsieur Verdoux was largely the result of changes in Chaplin’s public image.^[275] Along with the damage of the Joan Barry scandal, he was publicly accused of being a communist.^[276] His political activity had heightened during World War II, when he campaigned for the opening of a Second Front to help the Soviet Union and supported various Soviet–American friendship groups.^[277] He was also friendly with several suspected communists, and attended functions given by Soviet diplomats in Los Angeles.^[278] In the political climate of 1940s America, such activities meant Chaplin was considered, as Larcher writes, «dangerously progressive and amoral».^[279] The FBI wanted him out of the country,^[280] and launched an official investigation in early 1947.^[281][ae]

Chaplin denied being a communist, instead calling himself a «peacemonger»,^[283] but felt the government’s effort to suppress the ideology was an unacceptable infringement of civil liberties.^[284] Unwilling to be quiet about the issue, he openly protested against the trials of Communist Party members and the activities of the House Un-American Activities Committee.^[285] Chaplin received a subpoena to appear before HUAC but was not called to testify.^[286] As his activities were widely reported in the press, and Cold War fears grew, questions were raised over his failure to take American citizenship.^[287] Calls were made for him to be deported; in one extreme and widely published example, Representative John E. Rankin, who helped establish HUAC, told Congress in June 1947: «[Chaplin’s] very life in Hollywood is detrimental to the moral fabric of America. [If he is deported] … his loathsome pictures can be kept from before the eyes of the American youth. He should be deported and gotten rid of at once.»^[288]

In 2003, declassified British archives belonging to the British Foreign Office revealed that George Orwell secretly accused Chaplin of being a secret communist and a friend of the USSR.^[289] Chaplin’s name was one of 35 Orwell gave to the Information Research Department (IRD), a secret British Cold War propaganda department which worked closely with the CIA, according to a 1949 document known as Orwell’s list.^[289] Chaplin was not the only actor in America Orwell accused of being a secret communist. He also described American civil-rights leader and actor Paul Robeson as being «anti-white».^[289]

Limelight and banning from the United States

Although Chaplin remained politically active in the years following the failure of Monsieur Verdoux,^[af] his next film, about a forgotten music hall comedian and a young ballerina in Edwardian London, was devoid of political themes. Limelight was heavily autobiographical, alluding not only to Chaplin’s childhood and the lives of his parents, but also to his loss of popularity in the United States.^[291] The cast included various members of his family, including his five oldest children and his half-brother, Wheeler Dryden.^[292]

Filming began in November 1951, by which time Chaplin had spent three years working on the story.^[293][ag] He aimed for a more serious tone than any of his previous films, regularly using the word «melancholy» when explaining his plans to his co-star Claire Bloom.^[295] Limelight featured a cameo appearance from Buster Keaton, whom Chaplin cast as his stage partner in a pantomime scene. This marked the only time the comedians worked together in a feature film.^[296]

Chaplin decided to hold the world premiere of Limelight in London, since it was the setting of the film.^[297] As he left Los Angeles, he expressed a premonition that he would not be returning.^[298] At New York, he boarded the RMS Queen Elizabeth with his family on 18 September 1952.^[299] The next day, United States Attorney General James P. McGranery revoked Chaplin’s re-entry permit and stated that he would have to submit to an interview concerning his political views and moral behaviour to re-enter the US.^[299] Although McGranery told the press that he had «a pretty good case against Chaplin», Maland has concluded, on the basis of the FBI files that were released in the 1980s, that the US government had no real evidence to prevent Chaplin’s re-entry. It is likely that he would have gained entry if he had applied for it.^[300] However, when Chaplin received a cablegram informing him of the news, he privately decided to cut his ties with the United States:

Whether I re-entered that unhappy country or not was of little consequence to me. I would like to have told them that the sooner I was rid of that hate-beleaguered atmosphere the better, that I was fed up of America’s insults and moral pomposity …^[301]

Because all of his property remained in America, Chaplin refrained from saying anything negative about the incident to the press.^[302] The scandal attracted vast attention,^[303] but Chaplin and his film were warmly received in Europe.^[299] In America, the hostility towards him continued, and, although it received some positive reviews, Limelight was subjected to a wide-scale boycott.^[304] Reflecting on this, Maland writes that Chaplin’s fall, from an «unprecedented» level of popularity, «may be the most dramatic in the history of stardom in America».^[305]

1953–1977: European years

Move to Switzerland and A King in New York

I have been the object of lies and propaganda by powerful reactionary groups who, by their influence and by the aid of America’s yellow press, have created an unhealthy atmosphere in which liberal-minded individuals can be singled out and persecuted. Under these conditions I find it virtually impossible to continue my motion-picture work, and I have therefore given up my residence in the United States.

— Charlie Chaplin’s press release regarding his decision not to seek re‑entry to the US^[306]

Chaplin did not attempt to return to the United States after his re-entry permit was revoked, and instead sent his wife to settle his affairs.^[ah] The couple decided to settle in Switzerland and, in January 1953, the family moved into their permanent home: Manoir de Ban, a 14-hectare (35-acre) estate^[308] overlooking Lake Geneva in Corsier-sur-Vevey.^[309][ai] Chaplin put his Beverly Hills house and studio up for sale in March, and surrendered his re-entry permit in April. The next year, his wife renounced her US citizenship and became a British citizen.^[311] Chaplin severed the last of his professional ties with the United States in 1955, when he sold the remainder of his stock in United Artists, which had been in financial difficulty since the early 1940s.^[312]

Chaplin remained a controversial figure throughout the 1950s, especially after he was awarded the International Peace Prize by the communist-led World Peace Council, and after his meetings with Zhou Enlai and Nikita Khrushchev.^[313] He began developing his first European film, A King in New York, in 1954.^[314] Casting himself as an exiled king who seeks asylum in the United States, Chaplin included several of his recent experiences in the screenplay. His son, Michael, was cast as a boy whose parents are targeted by the FBI, while Chaplin’s character faces accusations of communism.^[315] The political satire parodied HUAC and attacked elements of 1950s culture – including consumerism, plastic surgery, and wide-screen cinema.^[316] In a review, the playwright John Osborne called it Chaplin’s «most bitter» and «most openly personal» film.^[317] In a 1957 interview, when asked to clarify his political views, Chaplin stated «As for politics, I am an anarchist. I hate government and rules – and fetters … People must be free.»^[318]

Chaplin founded a new production company, Attica, and used Shepperton Studios for the shooting.^[314] Filming in England proved a difficult experience, as he was used to his own Hollywood studio and familiar crew, and no longer had limitless production time. According to Robinson, this had an effect on the quality of the film.^[319] A King in New York was released in September 1957, and received mixed reviews.^[320] Chaplin banned American journalists from its Paris première and decided not to release the film in the United States. This severely limited its revenue, although it achieved moderate commercial success in Europe.^[321] A King in New York was not shown in America until 1973.^[322][323]

Final works and renewed appreciation

In the last two decades of his career, Chaplin concentrated on re-editing and scoring his old films for re-release, along with securing their ownership and distribution rights.^[324] In an interview he granted in 1959, the year of his 70th birthday, Chaplin stated that there was still «room for the Little Man in the atomic age».^[325] The first of these re-releases was The Chaplin Revue (1959), which included new versions of A Dog’s Life, Shoulder Arms, and The Pilgrim.^[325]

In America, the political atmosphere began to change and attention was once again directed to Chaplin’s films instead of his views.^[324] In July 1962, The New York Times published an editorial stating that «we do not believe the Republic would be in danger if yesterday’s unforgotten little tramp were allowed to amble down the gangplank of a steamer or plane in an American port».^[326] The same month, Chaplin was invested with the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters by the universities of Oxford and Durham.^[327] In November 1963, the Plaza Theater in New York started a year-long series of Chaplin’s films, including Monsieur Verdoux and Limelight, which gained excellent reviews from American critics.^[328] September 1964 saw the release of Chaplin’s memoirs, My Autobiography, which he had been working on since 1957.^[329] The 500-page book became a worldwide best-seller. It focused on his early years and personal life, and was criticised for lacking information on his film career.^[330]

Shortly after the publication of his memoirs, Chaplin began work on A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), a romantic comedy based on a script he had written for Paulette Goddard in the 1930s.^[331] Set on an ocean liner, it starred Marlon Brando as an American ambassador and Sophia Loren as a stowaway found in his cabin.^[331] The film differed from Chaplin’s earlier productions in several aspects. It was his first to use Technicolor and the widescreen format, while he concentrated on directing and appeared on-screen only in a cameo role as a seasick steward.^[332] He also signed a deal with Universal Pictures and appointed his assistant, Jerome Epstein, as the producer.^[333] Chaplin was paid $600,000 director’s fee as well as a percentage of the gross receipts.^[334] A Countess from Hong Kong premiered in January 1967, to unfavourable reviews, and was a box-office failure.^[335][336] Chaplin was deeply hurt by the negative reaction to the film, which turned out to be his last.^[335]

Chaplin had a series of minor strokes in the late 1960s, which marked the beginning of a slow decline in his health.^[337] Despite the setbacks, he was soon writing a new film script, The Freak, a story of a winged girl found in South America, which he intended as a starring vehicle for his daughter, Victoria.^[337] His fragile health prevented the project from being realised.^[338] In the early 1970s, Chaplin concentrated on re-releasing his old films, including The Kid and The Circus.^[339] In 1971, he was made a Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour at the Cannes Film Festival.^[340] The following year, he was honoured with a special award by the Venice Film Festival.^[341]

In 1972, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offered Chaplin an Honorary Award, which Robinson sees as a sign that America «wanted to make amends». Chaplin was initially hesitant about accepting but decided to return to the US for the first time in 20 years.^[340] The visit attracted a large amount of press coverage and, at the Academy Awards gala, he was given a 12-minute standing ovation, the longest in the academy’s history.^[342] Visibly emotional, Chaplin accepted his award for «the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century».^[343]

Although Chaplin still had plans for future film projects, by the mid-1970s he was very frail.^[344] He experienced several further strokes, which made it difficult for him to communicate, and he had to use a wheelchair.^[345][346] His final projects were compiling a pictorial autobiography, My Life in Pictures (1974) and scoring A Woman of Paris for re-release in 1976.^[347] He also appeared in a documentary about his life, The Gentleman Tramp (1975), directed by Richard Patterson.^[348] In the 1975 New Year Honours, Chaplin was awarded a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth II,^{[347][aj][350]} though he was too weak to kneel and received the honour in his wheelchair.^[351]

Death

By October 1977, Chaplin’s health had declined to the point that he needed constant care.^[352] In the early morning of Christmas Day 1977, Chaplin died at home after having a stroke in his sleep.^[346] He was 88 years old. The funeral, on 27 December, was a small and private Anglican ceremony, according to his wishes.^[353][ak] Chaplin was interred in the Corsier-sur-Vevey cemetery.^[352] Among the film industry’s tributes, director René Clair wrote, «He was a monument of the cinema, of all countries and all times … the most beautiful gift the cinema made to us.»^[355] Actor Bob Hope declared, «We were lucky to have lived in his time.»^[356] Chaplin left more than $100 million to his widow.^[357]

On 1 March 1978, Chaplin’s coffin was dug up and stolen from its grave by Roman Wardas and Gantcho Ganev. The body was held for ransom in an attempt to extort money from his widow, Oona Chaplin. The pair were caught in a large police operation in May, and Chaplin’s coffin was found buried in a field in the nearby village of Noville. It was re-interred in the Corsier cemetery in a reinforced concrete vault.^[358][359]

Filmmaking

Influences

Chaplin believed his first influence to be his mother, who entertained him as a child by sitting at the window and mimicking passers-by: «it was through watching her that I learned not only how to express emotions with my hands and face, but also how to observe and study people.»^[360] Chaplin’s early years in music hall allowed him to see stage comedians at work; he also attended the Christmas pantomimes at Drury Lane, where he studied the art of clowning through performers like Dan Leno.^[361] Chaplin’s years with the Fred Karno company had a formative effect on him as an actor and filmmaker. Simon Louvish writes that the company was his «training ground»,^[362] and it was here that Chaplin learned to vary the pace of his comedy.^[363] The concept of mixing pathos with slapstick was learnt from Karno,^[al] who also used elements of absurdity that became familiar in Chaplin’s gags.^[363][364] From the film industry, Chaplin drew upon the work of the French comedian Max Linder, whose films he greatly admired.^[365] In developing the Tramp costume and persona, he was likely inspired by the American vaudeville scene, where tramp characters were common.^[366]

Method

Chaplin never spoke more than cursorily about his filmmaking methods, claiming such a thing would be tantamount to a magician spoiling his own illusion.^[367] Little was known about his working process throughout his lifetime,^[368] but research from film historians – particularly the findings of Kevin Brownlow and David Gill that were presented in the three-part documentary Unknown Chaplin (1983) – has since revealed his unique working method.^[369]

Until he began making spoken dialogue films with The Great Dictator (1940), Chaplin never shot from a completed script.^[370] Many of his early films began with only a vague premise, for example «Charlie enters a health spa» or «Charlie works in a pawn shop».^[371] He then had sets constructed and worked with his stock company to improvise gags and «business» using them, almost always working the ideas out on film.^[369] As ideas were accepted and discarded, a narrative structure would emerge, frequently requiring Chaplin to reshoot an already-completed scene that might have otherwise contradicted the story.^[372] From A Woman of Paris (1923) onward Chaplin began the filming process with a prepared plot,^[373] but Robinson writes that every film up to Modern Times (1936) «went through many metamorphoses and permutations before the story took its final form».^[374]

Producing films in this manner meant Chaplin took longer to complete his pictures than almost any other filmmaker at the time.^[375] If he was out of ideas, he often took a break from the shoot, which could last for days, while keeping the studio ready for when inspiration returned.^[376] Delaying the process further was Chaplin’s rigorous perfectionism.^[377] According to his friend Ivor Montagu, «nothing but perfection would be right» for the filmmaker.^[378] Because he personally funded his films, Chaplin was at liberty to strive for this goal and shoot as many takes as he wished.^[379] The number was often excessive, for instance 53 takes for every finished take in The Kid (1921).^[380] For The Immigrant (1917), a 20-minute short, Chaplin shot 40,000 feet of film – enough for a feature-length.^[381]

No other filmmaker ever so completely dominated every aspect of the work, did every job. If he could have done so, Chaplin would have played every role and (as his son Sydney humorously but perceptively observed) sewn every costume.

Describing his working method as «sheer perseverance to the point of madness»,^[382] Chaplin would be completely consumed by the production of a picture.^[383] Robinson writes that even in Chaplin’s later years, his work continued «to take precedence over everything and everyone else».^[384] The combination of story improvisation and relentless perfectionism – which resulted in days of effort and thousands of feet of film being wasted, all at enormous expense – often proved taxing for Chaplin who, in frustration, would lash out at his actors and crew.^[385]

Chaplin exercised complete control over his pictures,^[367] to the extent that he would act out the other roles for his cast, expecting them to imitate him exactly.^[386] He personally edited all of his films, trawling through the large amounts of footage to create the exact picture he wanted.^[387] As a result of his complete independence, he was identified by the film historian Andrew Sarris as one of the first auteur filmmakers.^[388] Chaplin did receive help from his long-time cinematographer Roland Totheroh, brother Sydney Chaplin, and various assistant directors such as Harry Crocker and Charles Reisner.^[389]

Style and themes

While Chaplin’s comedic style is broadly defined as slapstick,^[390] it is considered restrained and intelligent,^[391] with the film historian Philip Kemp describing his work as a mix of «deft, balletic physical comedy and thoughtful, situation-based gags».^[392] Chaplin diverged from conventional slapstick by slowing the pace and exhausting each scene of its comic potential, with more focus on developing the viewer’s relationship to the characters.^[71][393] Unlike conventional slapstick comedies, Robinson states that the comic moments in Chaplin’s films centre on the Tramp’s attitude to the things happening to him: the humour does not come from the Tramp bumping into a tree, but from his lifting his hat to the tree in apology.^[71] Dan Kamin writes that Chaplin’s «quirky mannerisms» and «serious demeanour in the midst of slapstick action» are other key aspects of his comedy,^[394] while the surreal transformation of objects and the employment of in-camera trickery are also common features.^[395] His signature style consisted of gestural idiosyncrasies like askew derby hat, drooping shoulders, deflated chest and dangling arms and tilted back pelvis to enrich the comic persona of his ‘tramp’ character. His shabby but neat clothing and incessant grooming behaviour along with his geometrical walk and movement gave his onscreen characters a puppet-like quality.^[396]

Chaplin’s silent films typically follow the Tramp’s efforts to survive in a hostile world.^[397] The character lives in poverty and is frequently treated badly, but remains kind and upbeat;^[398] defying his social position, he strives to be seen as a gentleman.^[399] As Chaplin said in 1925, «The whole point of the Little Fellow is that no matter how down on his ass he is, no matter how well the jackals succeed in tearing him apart, he’s still a man of dignity.»^[400] The Tramp defies authority figures^[401] and «gives as good as he gets»,^[400] leading Robinson and Louvish to see him as a representative for the underprivileged – an «everyman turned heroic saviour».^[402] Hansmeyer notes that several of Chaplin’s films end with «the homeless and lonely Tramp [walking] optimistically … into the sunset … to continue his journey.»^[403]

It is paradoxical that tragedy stimulates the spirit of ridicule … ridicule, I suppose, is an attitude of defiance; we must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature – or go insane.

— Charlie Chaplin, explaining why his comedies often make fun of tragic circumstances^[404]

The infusion of pathos is a well-known aspect of Chaplin’s work,^[405] and Larcher notes his reputation for «[inducing] laughter and tears».^[406] Sentimentality in his films comes from a variety of sources, with Louvish pinpointing «personal failure, society’s strictures, economic disaster, and the elements».^[407] Chaplin sometimes drew on tragic events when creating his films, as in the case of The Gold Rush (1925), which was inspired by the fate of the Donner Party.^[404] Constance B. Kuriyama has identified serious underlying themes in the early comedies, such as greed (The Gold Rush) and loss (The Kid).^[408] Chaplin also touched on controversial issues: immigration (The Immigrant, 1917); illegitimacy (The Kid, 1921); and drug use (Easy Street, 1917).^[393] He often explored these topics ironically, making comedy out of suffering.^[409]

Social commentary was a feature of Chaplin’s films from early in his career, as he portrayed the underdog in a sympathetic light and highlighted the difficulties of the poor.^[410] Later, as he developed a keen interest in economics and felt obliged to publicise his views,^[411] Chaplin began incorporating overtly political messages into his films.^[412] Modern Times (1936) depicted factory workers in dismal conditions, The Great Dictator (1940) parodied Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini and ended in a speech against nationalism, Monsieur Verdoux (1947) criticised war and capitalism, and A King in New York (1957) attacked McCarthyism.^[413]

Several of Chaplin’s films incorporate autobiographical elements, and the psychologist Sigmund Freud believed that Chaplin «always plays only himself as he was in his dismal youth».^[414] The Kid is thought to reflect Chaplin’s childhood trauma of being sent into an orphanage,^[414] the main characters in Limelight (1952) contain elements from the lives of his parents,^[415] and A King in New York references Chaplin’s experiences of being shunned by the United States.^[416] Many of his sets, especially in street scenes, bear a strong similarity to Kennington, where he grew up. Stephen M. Weissman has argued that Chaplin’s problematic relationship with his mentally ill mother was often reflected in his female characters and the Tramp’s desire to save them.^[414]

Regarding the structure of Chaplin’s films, the scholar Gerald Mast sees them as consisting of sketches tied together by the same theme and setting, rather than having a tightly unified storyline.^[417] Visually, his films are simple and economic,^[418] with scenes portrayed as if set on a stage.^[419] His approach to filming was described by the art director Eugène Lourié: «Chaplin did not think in ‘artistic’ images when he was shooting. He believed that action is the main thing. The camera is there to photograph the actors».^[420] In his autobiography, Chaplin wrote, «Simplicity is best … pompous effects slow up action, are boring and unpleasant … The camera should not intrude.»^[421] This approach has prompted criticism, since the 1940s, for being «old fashioned»,^[422] while the film scholar Donald McCaffrey sees it as an indication that Chaplin never completely understood film as a medium.^[423] Kamin, however, comments that Chaplin’s comedic talent would not be enough to remain funny on screen if he did not have an «ability to conceive and direct scenes specifically for the film medium».^[424]

Composing

Chaplin developed a passion for music as a child and taught himself to play the piano, violin, and cello.^[425] He considered the musical accompaniment of a film to be important,^[184] and from A Woman of Paris onwards he took an increasing interest in this area.^[426] With the advent of sound technology, Chaplin began using a synchronised orchestral soundtrack – composed by himself – for City Lights (1931). He thereafter composed the scores for all of his films, and from the late 1950s to his death, he scored all of his silent features and some of his short films.^[427]

As Chaplin was not a trained musician, he could not read sheet music and needed the help of professional composers, such as David Raksin, Raymond Rasch and Eric James, when creating his scores. Musical directors were employed to oversee the recording process, such as Alfred Newman for City Lights.^[428] Although some critics have claimed that credit for his film music should be given to the composers who worked with him, Raksin – who worked with Chaplin on Modern Times – stressed Chaplin’s creative position and active participation in the composing process.^[429] This process, which could take months, would start with Chaplin describing to the composer(s) exactly what he wanted and singing or playing tunes he had improvised on the piano.^[429] These tunes were then developed further in a close collaboration among the composer(s) and Chaplin.^[429] According to film historian Jeffrey Vance, «although he relied upon associates to arrange varied and complex instrumentation, the musical imperative is his, and not a note in a Chaplin musical score was placed there without his assent.»^[430]

Chaplin’s compositions produced three popular songs. «Smile», composed originally for Modern Times (1936) and later set to lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons, was a hit for Nat King Cole in 1954.^[430] For Limelight, Chaplin composed «Terry’s Theme», which was popularised by Jimmy Young as «Eternally» (1952).^[431] Finally, «This Is My Song», performed by Petula Clark for A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), reached number one on the UK and other European charts.^[432] Chaplin also received his only competitive Oscar for his composition work, as the Limelight theme won an Academy Award for Best Original Score in 1973 following the film’s re-release.^[430][am]

Legacy

In 1998, the film critic Andrew Sarris called Chaplin «arguably the single most important artist produced by the cinema, certainly its most extraordinary performer and probably still its most universal icon».^[434] He is described by the British Film Institute as «a towering figure in world culture»,^[435] and was included in Time magazine’s list of the «100 Most Important People of the 20th Century» for the «laughter [he brought] to millions» and because he «more or less invented global recognizability and helped turn an industry into an art».^[436] In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin as the 10th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema.^[437]

The image of the Tramp has become a part of cultural history;^[438] according to Simon Louvish, the character is recognisable to people who have never seen a Chaplin film, and in places where his films are never shown.^[439] The critic Leonard Maltin has written of the «unique» and «indelible» nature of the Tramp, and argued that no other comedian matched his «worldwide impact».^[440] Praising the character, Richard Schickel suggests that Chaplin’s films with the Tramp contain the most «eloquent, richly comedic expressions of the human spirit» in movie history.^[441] Memorabilia connected to the character still fetches large sums in auctions: in 2006 a bowler hat and a bamboo cane that were part of the Tramp’s costume were bought for $140,000 in a Los Angeles auction.^[442]

As a filmmaker, Chaplin is considered a pioneer and one of the most influential figures of the early twentieth century.^[443] He is often credited as one of the medium’s first artists.^[444] Film historian Mark Cousins has written that Chaplin «changed not only the imagery of cinema, but also its sociology and grammar» and claims that Chaplin was as important to the development of comedy as a genre as D.W. Griffith was to drama.^[445] He was the first to popularise feature-length comedy and to slow down the pace of action, adding pathos and subtlety to it.^[446][447] Although his work is mostly classified as slapstick, Chaplin’s drama A Woman of Paris (1923) was a major influence on Ernst Lubitsch’s film The Marriage Circle (1924) and thus played a part in the development of «sophisticated comedy».^[448] According to David Robinson, Chaplin’s innovations were «rapidly assimilated to become part of the common practice of film craft».^[449] Filmmakers who cited Chaplin as an influence include Federico Fellini (who called Chaplin «a sort of Adam, from whom we are all descended»),^[356] Jacques Tati («Without him I would never have made a film»),^[356] René Clair («He inspired practically every filmmaker»),^[355] François Truffaut («My religion is cinema. I believe in Charlie Chaplin…»),^[450] Michael Powell,^[451] Billy Wilder,^[452] Vittorio De Sica,^[453] and Richard Attenborough.^[454] Russian filmmaker Andrei Tarkovsky praised Chaplin as «the only person to have gone down into cinematic history without any shadow of a doubt. The films he left behind can never grow old.»^[455] Indian filmmaker Satyajit Ray said about Chaplin «If there is any name which can be said to symbolize cinema—it is Charlie Chaplin… I am sure Chaplin’s name will survive even if the cinema ceases to exist as a medium of artistic expression. Chaplin is truly immortal.»^[456] French auteur Jean Renoir’s favourite filmmaker was Chaplin.^[457][458]

Chaplin also strongly influenced the work of later comedians. Marcel Marceau said he was inspired to become a mime artist after watching Chaplin,^[447] while the actor Raj Kapoor based his screen persona on the Tramp.^[452] Mark Cousins has also detected Chaplin’s comedic style in the French character Monsieur Hulot and the Italian character Totò.^[452] In other fields, Chaplin helped inspire the cartoon characters Felix the Cat^[459] and Mickey Mouse,^[460] and was an influence on the Dada art movement.^[461] As one of the founding members of United Artists, Chaplin also had a role in the development of the film industry. Gerald Mast has written that although UA never became a major company like MGM or Paramount Pictures, the idea that directors could produce their own films was «years ahead of its time».^[462]

In 1992, the Sight & Sound Critics’ Top Ten Poll ranked Chaplin at No. 5 in its list of «Top 10 Directors» of all time.^[463] In the 21st century, several of Chaplin’s films are still regarded as classics and among the greatest ever made. The 2012 Sight & Sound poll, which compiles «top ten» ballots from film critics and directors to determine each group’s most acclaimed films,
saw City Lights rank among the critics’ top 50, Modern Times inside the top 100, and The Great Dictator and The Gold Rush placed in the top 250.^[464] The top 100 films as voted on by directors included Modern Times at number 22, City Lights at number 30, and The Gold Rush at number 91.^[465] Every one of Chaplin’s features received a vote.^[466] Chaplin was ranked at No. 35 on Empire magazine’s «Top 40 Greatest Directors of All-Time» list in 2005.^[467] In 2007, the American Film Institute named City Lights the 11th greatest American film of all time, while The Gold Rush and Modern Times again ranked in the top 100.^[468] Books about Chaplin continue to be published regularly, and he is a popular subject for media scholars and film archivists.^[469] Many of Chaplin’s film have had a DVD and Blu-ray release.^[470]

Chaplin’s legacy is managed on behalf of his children by the Chaplin office, located in Paris. The office represents Association Chaplin, founded by some of his children «to protect the name, image and moral rights» to his body of work, Roy Export SAS, which owns the copyright to most of his films made after 1918, and Bubbles Incorporated S.A., which owns the copyrights to his image and name.^[471] Their central archive is held at the archives of Montreux, Switzerland and scanned versions of its contents, including 83,630 images, 118 scripts, 976 manuscripts, 7,756 letters, and thousands of other documents, are available for research purposes at the Chaplin Research Centre at the Cineteca di Bologna.^[472] The photographic archive, which includes approximately 10,000 photographs from Chaplin’s life and career, is kept at the Musée de l’Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland.^[473] The British Film Institute has also established the Charles Chaplin Research Foundation, and the first international Charles Chaplin Conference was held in London in July 2005.^[474] Elements for many of Chaplin’s films are held by the Academy Film Archive as part of the Roy Export Chaplin Collection.^[475]

Commemoration and tributes

Chaplin’s final home, Manoir de Ban in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, has been converted into a museum named «Chaplin’s World». It opened on 17 April 2016 after fifteen years of development, and is described by Reuters as «an interactive museum showcasing the life and works of Charlie Chaplin».^[476] On the 128th anniversary of his birth, a record-setting 662 people dressed as the Tramp in an event organised by the museum.^[477] Previously, the Museum of the Moving Image in London held a permanent display on Chaplin, and hosted a dedicated exhibition to his life and career in 1988. The London Film Museum hosted an exhibition called Charlie Chaplin – The Great Londoner, from 2010 until 2013.^[478]

In London, a statue of Chaplin as the Tramp, sculpted by John Doubleday and unveiled in 1981, is located in Leicester Square.^[479] The city also includes a road named after him in central London, «Charlie Chaplin Walk», which is the location of the BFI IMAX.^[480] There are nine blue plaques memorialising Chaplin in London, Hampshire, and Yorkshire.^[481] In Canning Town, East London, the Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden, opened by Chaplin’s granddaughter Oona Chaplin in 2015, commemorates the meeting between Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi at a local house in 1931.^[482] The Swiss town of Vevey named a park in his honour in 1980 and erected a statue there in 1982.^[479] In 2011, two large murals depicting Chaplin on two 14-storey buildings were also unveiled in Vevey.^[483] Chaplin has also been honoured by the Irish town of Waterville, where he spent several summers with his family in the 1960s. A statue was erected in 1998;^[484] since 2011, the town has been host to the annual Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival, which was founded to celebrate Chaplin’s legacy and to showcase new comic talent.^[485]

In other tributes, a minor planet, 3623 Chaplin (discovered by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina in 1981) is named after Charlie.^[486] Throughout the 1980s, the Tramp image was used by IBM to advertise their personal computers.^[487] Chaplin’s 100th birthday anniversary in 1989 was marked with several events around the world,^[an] and on 15 April 2011, a day before his 122nd birthday, Google celebrated him with a special Google Doodle video on its global and other country-wide homepages.^[491]

Characterisations

Chaplin is the subject of a biographical film, Chaplin (1992) directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Geraldine Chaplin playing Hannah Chaplin.^[492] He is also a character in the historical drama film The Cat’s Meow (2001), played by Eddie Izzard, and in the made-for-television movie The Scarlett O’Hara War (1980), played by Clive Revill.^[493][494] A television series about Chaplin’s childhood, Young Charlie Chaplin, ran on PBS in 1989, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children’s Program.^[495] The French film The Price of Fame (2014) is a fictionalised account of the robbery of Chaplin’s grave.^[496]

Chaplin’s life has also been the subject of several stage productions. Two musicals, Little Tramp and Chaplin, were produced in the early 1990s. In 2006, Thomas Meehan and Christopher Curtis created another musical, Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin, which was first performed at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego in 2010.^[497] It was adapted for Broadway two years later, re-titled Chaplin – A Musical.^[498] Chaplin was portrayed by Robert McClure in both productions. In 2013, two plays about Chaplin premiered in Finland: Chaplin at the Svenska Teatern,^[499] and Kulkuri (The Tramp) at the Tampere Workers’ Theatre.^[500]

Chaplin has also been characterised in literary fiction. He is the protagonist of Robert Coover’s short story «Charlie in the House of Rue» (1980; reprinted in Coover’s 1987 collection A Night at the Movies), and of Glen David Gold’s Sunnyside (2009), a historical novel set in the First World War period.^[501] A day in Chaplin’s life in 1909 is dramatised in the chapter titled «Modern Times» in Alan Moore’s Jerusalem (2016), a novel set in the author’s home town of Northampton, England.^[502]

Awards and recognition

Chaplin received many awards and honours, especially later in life. In the 1975 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE).^[503] He was also awarded honorary Doctor of Letters degrees by the University of Oxford and the University of Durham in 1962.^[327] In 1965, he and Ingmar Bergman were joint winners of the Erasmus Prize^[504] and, in 1971, he was appointed a Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the French government.^[505]

From the film industry, Chaplin received a special Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival in 1972,^[506] and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lincoln Center Film Society the same year. The latter has since been presented annually to filmmakers as The Chaplin Award.^[507] Chaplin was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1972, having been previously excluded because of his political beliefs.^[508]

Chaplin received three Academy Awards: an Honorary Award for «versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing The Circus» in 1929,^[185] a second Honorary Award for «the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century» in 1972,^[343] and a Best Score award in 1973 for Limelight (shared with Ray Rasch and Larry Russell).^[430] He was further nominated in the Best Actor, Best Original Screenplay, and Best Picture (as producer) categories for The Great Dictator, and received another Best Original Screenplay nomination for Monsieur Verdoux.^[509] In 1976, Chaplin was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA).^[510]

Six of Chaplin’s films have been selected for preservation in the National Film Registry by the United States Library of Congress: The Immigrant (1917), The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), and The Great Dictator (1940).^[511]

Filmography

Directed features:

• The Kid (1921)
• A Woman of Paris (1923)
• The Gold Rush (1925)
• The Circus (1928)
• City Lights (1931)
• Modern Times (1936)
• The Great Dictator (1940)
• Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
• Limelight (1952)
• A King in New York (1957)
• A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)

Written works

• Chaplin, Charlie (1922). My Wonderful Visit. London: Hurst & Blackett. OCLC 253039607.
• —; Haven, Lisa Stein (2014). A Comedian Sees the World. Columbia: University of Missouri Press. OCLC 894511668.^[ao]
• —; Robinson, David (2014). Charlie Chaplin: Footlights with The World of Limelight. Bologna: Edizioni Cineteca di Bologna. OCLC 876089834.^[ap]
• — (1964). My Autobiography. New York: Simon & Schuster. OCLC 1145727022.
• — (1974). My Life In Pictures. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. OCLC 1064991796.
• —; Hayes, Kevin J. (2005). Charlie Chaplin: Interviews. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. OCLC 54844183.^[aq]

Notes

References

Citations

Works cited

External links

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Charles Spencer Chaplin 

Charles Spencer Chaplin was an English actor, director, and writer who was one of the most famous figures in the history of film. Born in 1889, Chaplin began his career as a performer in British vaudeville and music hall before moving to Hollywood in 1913.

Chaplin is best known for his work as a silent film actor, in which he starred in a series of classic comedies featuring his most famous character, the «Tramp.» The Tramp, a lovable and resourceful character with a distinctive appearance (including a small mustache and bowler hat), appeared in many of Chaplin’s films, including «The Kid,» «The Gold Rush,» and «Modern Times.»

Chaplin was a pioneer in the film industry and was known for his innovative use of film techniques and storytelling. He wrote, directed, and produced many of his own films and was a key figure in the development of the Hollywood studio system. Chaplin continued to act and make films until the 1950s and received numerous awards and accolades throughout his career. He died in 1977 at the age of 88.

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Charles Spencer Chaplin was an English actor, director, and writer who was one of the most famous figures in the history of film.	Чарльз Спенсер Чаплин был английским актером, режиссером и писателем, одной из самых известных фигур в истории кино.
Born in 1889, Chaplin began his career as a performer in British vaudeville and music hall before moving to Hollywood in 1913.	Чаплин родился в 1889 году и начал свою карьеру как артист в британских водевилях и мюзик-холлах, а в 1913 году переехал в Голливуд.
Chaplin is best known for his work as a silent film actor, in which he starred in a series of classic comedies featuring his most famous character, the «Tramp».	Чаплин наиболее известен как актер немого кино, в котором он снялся в серии классических комедий с участием своего самого известного персонажа – Бродяги.
The Tramp, a lovable and resourceful character with a distinctive appearance (including a small mustache and bowler hat), appeared in many of Chaplin’s films, including «The Kid,» «The Gold Rush,» and «Modern Times».	Бродяга, милый и находчивый персонаж с характерной внешностью (включая небольшие усы и шляпу-котелок), появлялся во многих фильмах Чаплина, включая «Малыш», «Золотая лихорадка» и «Новые времена».
Chaplin was a pioneer in the film industry and was known for his innovative use of film techniques and storytelling.	Чаплин был пионером в киноиндустрии и известен своим новаторским использованием кинотехники и сюжета.
He wrote, directed, and produced many of his own films and was a key figure in the development of the Hollywood studio system.	Он был автором, режиссером и продюсером многих своих фильмов и ключевой фигурой в развитии системы голливудских студий.
Chaplin continued to act and make films until the 1950s and received numerous awards and accolades throughout his career.	Чаплин продолжал сниматься в кино вплоть до 1950-х годов и получил множество наград и похвал на протяжении всей своей карьеры.
He died in 1977 at the age of 88.	Он умер в 1977 году в возрасте 88 лет.

Полезные слова:

• director – режиссер.
• in the history of smt – в истории чего-то.
• vaudeville – водевиль.
• to move to smt – переехать куда-то.
• silent film – немой фильм.
• tramp – бродяга.
• distinctive – характерный.
• bowler hat – шляпа-котелок.
• pioneer – пионер.
• film industry – киноиндустрия.
• storytelling – повествование.
• accolades – похвалы.
• throughout smt – на протяжении чего-то.
• numerous – многочисленный.

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Charles (Charlie) Chaplin was born in London in a family of actor and actress. May be it played a role when he chose his future profession: director, screenwriter, actor and producer. Despite his comical image, in his speeches, Charlie often raised socially important topics.

Чарльз (Чарли) Чаплин родился в Лондоне в семье актера и актрисы. Возможно это сыграло роль, когда он выбирал свою будущую профессию: режиссера, сценариста, актера и продюссера. Несмотря на комичный образ, в своих выступлениях, Чарли часто поднимал социальнозначимые темы.

Charles Chaplin was a man of many talents, he was one of the best actors and directors in the world. He was the first man to treat films as works of art.

When Chaplin became well-known in America, he started to get fed up with what others told him to do, so he decided to work on his own. With a few friends he created United Artists, a film company managed only by actors and directors.

Chaplin had many wives but only the last one, Oona brought him real happiness. They had eight children. But there were also some tragic moments in Chaplin`s life. He was accused of being a communist and had many problems with the FBI. In spite of his great success, he had to leave America. He spent the rest of his life in Switzerland with his wife and children.

Чарльз Чаплин был человеком многих талантов, он был одним из лучших актеров и режиссеров в мире. Он был первым человеком, преподнесшим фильмы как произведения искусства.

Когда Чаплин стал известен в Америке, ему надоело, что другие ему скажут делать, поэтому он решил работать самостоятельно. С помощью нескольких друзей он создал United Artists, фильм компании удалось только актеров и режиссеров.

Чаплин имел много жен, но только последняя, Уна принесла ему настоящее счастье. Они имели восемь детей. Но были и трагические моменты в жизни Чаплина. Он был обвинен в коммунизме и было много проблем с ФБР. Несмотря на большой успех, он должен был покинуть Америку. Он провел остаток своей жизни в Швейцарии вместе с женой и детьми.

Charlie Chaplin’s biography — биография Чарли Чаплина

Charlie Chaplin was the English film actor and the director. He was born on the sixteenth of April the eighteen eighty ninth in London. Its real name Charles Spencer. Charlie for the first time appeared on stage in five years and broke an applause of the audience. Charlie Chaplin based United Artists film studio in the nineteen nineteenth year. For the life he created sixty nine movies. Chaplin got an award the Oscar in nineteen seventy three year. He created the movie on social subjects. He was the great actor. Its movies were without words, but in them everything was clear. Charlie Chaplin died in nineteen seventy seven year. He was buried in Switzerland.

Чарли Чаплин был английский киноактёр и режисёром. Он родился шестнадцатого апреля восемнадцать восемьдесят девятого в Лондоне. Его настоящее имя Чарльз Спенсер. Чарли впервые выступил на сцене в пять лет и сорвал овации зрителей. Чарли Чаплин основал киностудию United Artists в девятнадцать девятнадцатом году. За свою жизнь он создал шестьдесят девять фильмов. Чаплин получил премию Оскар в девятнадцать семьдесят три году. Он создавал фильм на социальные темы. Он был великим актёром. Его фильмы были без слов, но в них было всё понятно. Чарли Чаплин умер в девятнадцать семьдесят семь году. Он был похоронен в Швейцарии.

Биографии на английском

Чарли Чаплин биография на английском языке поможет подготовиться к уроку. Биография Чаплина на английском расскажет о жизни и творчестве известного киноактера.

Чарли Чаплин биография на английском

Born on April 16, 1889 in London, Chaplin is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. He had been a productive and creative film maker for about 75 years before he died in 1977.

Early life

Chaplin suffered from poverty and hardship in his childhood. He was sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine. His mother struggled financially when his father was absent. When he was 14, his mother was sent to a mental asylum.

Career

Chaplin’s first performances were at music halls as a stage actor and comedian at the age of 19. He went to the USA where he was scouted for the film industry, and began appearing in 1914 for Keystone Studios. He soon developed the Tramp persona and formed a large fan base. Chaplin directed his own films from an early stage, and continued to hone his craft.. By 1918, he was one of the best known figures in the film industry.

Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture.

In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films. His first feature-length was:

• The Kid (1921),
• A Woman of Paris (1923),
• The Gold Rush (1925),
• and The Circus (1928).

In the 1930s, Chaplin refused to move to sound films. He produced instead:

• City Lights (1931)
• and Modern Times (1936)

Both without dialogue.

Later his films became more political by producing , The Great Dictator (1940) where he satirized Adolf Hitler.

Controversy

The 1940s were a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused of communist sympathies, while his involvement in a paternity suit and marriages to much younger women caused scandal. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland.

His latest films

Charlie Chaplin abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957), and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967).

Charlie Chaplin short biography

Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in 1889 in south London. His father died when he was a child, and the family didn’t have much money. Charlie first performed on the theatre stage at the age of five.

After he joined Frank Karno’s company, he went to the USA in 1914 and in his first year there he acted in 35 of Hollywood’s early films. These were “silent films”: before the invention of cinema sound — the actors couldn’t speak, but acted out their feelings in their faces and movements. Charlie Chaplin became one of the most famous actors in the world, and everyone knew and loved the role he played: a man with a black hat, big shoes, a little moustache and unusual walk.

With other actors, Chaplin formed a film company and he started to direct his own films. Later, after sound arrived, he began to talk on the screen and he wrote the music for one of his last films. Twenty-five years before his death in 1977, he moved away to live in Switzerland. Most people still like his films today.

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Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889 in London.

His family was very poor.

His mother was a singer.

He had one brother.

Charlie Chaplin was a famous film star.

He made a lot of films.

Charlie chaplin was married four times.

He had five sons and five daughter.

He died on 25 December 1977 in Switzerland.

(Чарли Чаплин родился в 1889 году в Лондоне.

Его семья была очень бедной.

Его мать была певицей.

У негобыл один брат.

Чарли Чаплин был известным актером.

Он сделал много фильмов.

Чарли Чаплин был женат четыре раза.

У него пятеро сыновей и пять дочерей.

Он умер 25 декабря 1977 года в Швейцарии.

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Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in London to Kennington Rod, 287. His parents — Charles Spencer Chaplin Sr. and Hanna Chaplin (on Lily Gerli»s scene), were variety actors. Mother made songs and dances at various theaters, including in an enterprise of famous composers, authors of popular operettas — Dzhilberta and Sallivena. The father — the owner of a pleasant baritone — was in the mid-eighties very popular in the London music halls. He repeatedly had to go on tour in Europe, he acted and in New York. In its repertoire also the songs composed by him met. Scenic career of Charles Spencer Chaplin ended tragicly: he lost a voice, lost engagement, began to drink and died in 1894 in the London hospital of St. Foma.

Hanna Chaplin soon after death of the husband was seriously ill. In 1896 it lost mind. Her sons, Cyd and Charlie, were compelled to earn a living independently.

Than only little Charlie hadn»t to be engaged! He traded in newspapers, worked in a hairdressing salon, at plant of glass products…

Creative abilities were shown at Charlie very much early. The kid was only two years old when he was learned to a tap dance at the father and to execution of variety songs at mother.
Чарльз Спенсер Чаплин родился 16 апреля 1889 г. в Лондоне на Кеннингтон Род, 287. Его родители — Чарльз Спенсер Чаплин-старший и Ханна Чаплин (на сцене Лили Герли), были эстрадными актерами. Мать выступала с песнями и танцами в различных театрах, в том числе в антрепризе известных композиторов, авторов популярных оперетт — Джильберта и Салливена. Отец — обладатель приятного баритона — был в середине 80-х годов очень популярен в лондонских мюзик-холлах. Ему неоднократно приходилось гастролировать в Европе, выступал он и в Нью-Йорке. В его репертуаре встречались и песенки, сочиненные им самим. Сценическая карьера Чарльза Спенсера Чаплина закончилась трагически: он потерял голос, лишился ангажемента, стал пить и умер в 1894 г. в лондонском госпитале св. Фомы.

Ханна Чаплин вскоре после смерти мужа тяжело заболела. В 1896 г. она потеряла рассудок. Ее сыновья, Сид и Чарли, вынуждены были самостоятельно зарабатывать на жизнь.

Чем только не приходилось заниматься маленькому Чарли! Он торговал газетами, работал в парикмахерской, на заводе стеклянных изделий…

Творческие способности проявились у Чарли очень рано. Малышу было всего два года, когда он выучился чечетке у отца и исполнению эстрадных песенок у матери.

Charlie Chaplin

The inventors of cinema were French, not Americans. The cinema became popular very quickly. In 1908 the USA had 10 000 cinemas.

Chaplin was born in England in 1889. His mother was so poor that she couldn»t look after him. But he started acting at the age of five and was soon a successful comic in the theater. When he went to America he got into films and became a star immediately. In 1916, Chaplin earned $10 000 a week, and an extra $150 000 per film. In 1929 the age of the silent film came to an end. A new technology made it possible to record sound and pictures together. But some old directors couldn»t change their style. And some great silent actors had terrible voices. They couldn»t get parts in normal films.

Chaplin»s voice was good but he didn»t really want to talk in such films. His love was the silent films. In 1931 he made another classic film, City lights, but again it was silent. In the «Kid» (1921) Charlie Chaplin is a window repairer. The little boy helps him by breaking windows! In most of his films, Chaplin plays a poor man on the streets. But the actor was a millionaire. His silent films were perfect works of art. He created a language with his face and his body. Without words he could say everything.

Questions:

1.
What is silent film?

2.
Who was the inventor of it?

3.
Chaplin was born in England, wasn»t he?

4.
When did the age of silent films come to an end?

5.
What language did Chaplin create?

Vocabulary:

inventor — изобретатель

immediately — сразу же

technology — технология

Чарли Чаплин

Основателями кинематографа были французы, не американцы. Кино очень быстро стало популярным. В 1908 году в США было 10 000 кинотеатров.

Чаплин родился в 1889 году в Англии. Его мать была такой бедной, что не могла его содержать. Но он начал играть в пятилетнем возрасте и впоследствии стал успешным комиком в театре. Когда он приехал в Америку и начал сниматься в фильмах и вскоре стал звездой. В 1916 году Чаплин зарабатывал десять тысяч долларов в неделю и дополнительно сто пятьдесят тысяч долларов за фильм. В 1929 году эра немого кино кончилась. Новые технологии сделали возможным воспроизводить звук и изображение одновременно. Но некоторые актеры не могли изменить свой стиль. А в некоторых выдающихся немых актеров был ужасный голос. Они не могли сниматься в нормальных фильмах.

Голос Чаплина был хорошим, но он не желал разговаривать в таких фильмах. Его любовью было немое кино. В 1931 году он снял другой классический фильм «Огни большого города», но опять же таким он был немым, В «Крохе» (1921) Чарли Чаплин — стекольщик. Маленький мальчик помогает ему, разбивая окна! В большинстве фильмов Чаплин играет бедного человека с улицы. Но актер был миллионером. Его немое кино было высоким произведением искусства. Он создал язык лица и тела. Он мог сказать все без слов.

Charlie Chaplin
(26.04.1889 — 25.12.1977) — American actor.

Charlie Chaplin, considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular «Little Tramp» character; the man with the toothbrush mustache, bowler hat, bamboo cane, and a funny walk.

Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Walworth, London, England on April 26th, 1889 to Charles and Hannah (Hill) Chaplin, both music hall performers, who were married on June 22nd, 1885. After Charles Sr. separated from Hannah to perform in New York City, Hannah then tried to resurrect her stage career. Unfortunately, her singing voice had a tendency to break at unexpected moments. When this happened, the stage manager spotted young Charlie standing in the wings and led him on stage, where five-year-old Charlie began to sing a popular tune. Charlie and his half-brother, Syd Chaplin (born Sydney Hawkes), spent their lives in and out of charity homes and workhouses between their mother»s bouts of insanity. Hannah was committed to Cane Hill Asylum in May of 1903 and lived there until 1921, when Chaplin moved her to California.

Chaplin began his official acting career at the age of eight, touring with The Eight Lancashire Lads. At 18 he began touring with Fred Karno»s vaudeville troupe, joining them on the troupe»s 1910 US tour. He traveled west to California in December 1913 and signed on with Keystone Studios» popular comedy director Mack Sennett, who had seen Chaplin perform on stage in New York. Charlie soon wrote his brother Syd, asking him to become his manager. While at Keystone, Chaplin appeared in and directed 35 films, starring as the Little Tramp in nearly all. In November 1914 he left Keystone and signed on at Essanay, where he made 15 films. In 1916, he signed on at Mutual and made 12 films. In June 1917 Chaplin signed up with First National Studios, after which he built Chaplin Studios. In 1919 he and Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists (UA).

Chaplin»s life and career was full of scandal and controversy. His first big scandal was during World War I, during which time his loyalty to England, his home country, was questioned. He had never applied for US citizenship, but claimed that he was a «paying visitor» to the United States. Many British citizens called Chaplin a coward and a slacker. This and his other career eccentricities sparked suspicion with FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and the House Un-American Activities Council (HUAC), who believed that he was injecting Communist propaganda into his films. Chaplin»s later film The Great Dictator (1940), which was his first «talkie», also created a stir. In the film Chaplin plays a humorous caricature of Adolf Hitler. Some thought the film was poorly done and in bad taste. However, it grossed over $5 million and earned five Academy Award Nominations.

Another scandal occurred when Chaplin briefly dated 22-year-old Joan Barry. However, Chaplin»s relationship with Barry came to an end in 1942, after a series of harassing actions from her. In May of 1943 Barry returned to inform Chaplin that she was pregnant, and filed a paternity suit, claiming that the unborn child was his. During the 1944 trial blood tests proved that Chaplin was not the father, but at the time blood tests were inadmissible evidence and he was ordered to pay $75 a week until the child turned 21. Chaplin was also scrutinized for his support in aiding the Russian struggle against the invading Nazis during World War II, and the U.S. government questioned his moral and political views, suspecting him of having Communist ties. For this reason HUAC subpoenaed him in 1947. However, HUAC finally decided that it was no longer necessary for him to appear for testimony. Conversely, when Chaplin and his family traveled to London for the premier of _Limelight (1952)_ , he was denied re-entry to the United States. In reality, the government had almost no evidence to prove that he was a threat to national security. He and his wife decided, instead, to settle in Switzerland.

Chaplin was married four times and had a total of 11 children. In 1918 he wed Mildred Harris, they had a son together, Norman Spencer Chaplin, who only lived three days. Chaplin and Mildred were divorced in 1920. He married Lita Grey in 1924, who had two sons, Charles Chaplin Jr. and Sydney Chaplin. They were divorced in 1927. In 1936, Chaplin married Paulette Goddard and his final marriage was to Oona O»Neill (Oona Chaplin), daughter of playwright Eugene O»Neill in 1943. Oona gave birth to eight children: Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin, Eugene, Jane, Annette-Emilie and Christopher Chaplin.

In contrast to many of his boisterous characters, Chaplin was a quiet man who kept to himself a lot. He also had an «un-millionaire» way of living. Even after he had accumulated millions, he continued to live in shabby accommodations.

In 1921 Chaplin was decorated by the French government for his outstanding work as a filmmaker, and was elevated to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1952. In 1972 he was honored with an Academy Award for his «incalculable effect in making motion pictures the art form of the century.» In 1975 England»s Queen Elizabeth II knighted him. Chaplin»s other works included musical scores he composed for many of his films. He also authored two autobiographical books, «My Autobiography» in 1964 and its companion volume, «My Life in Pictures» in 1974. Chaplin died of natural causes on December 25, 1977 at his home in Switzerland.

In 1978, Chaplin»s corpse was stolen from its grave and was not recovered for three months; he was re-buried in a vault surrounded by cement. Charlie Chaplin was considered one of the greatest filmmakers in the history of American cinema, whose movies were and still are popular throughout the world, and have even gained notoriety as time progresses. His films show, through the Little Tramp»s positive outlook on life in a world full of chaos, that the human spirit has and always will remain the same.

Чарли Чаплин биография на английском языке поможет подготовиться к уроку. Биография Чаплина на английском расскажет о жизни и творчестве известного киноактера.

Чарли Чаплин биография на английском

Charlie Chaplin
was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the silent era. He is mostly famous for his screen persona «the t

ramp»

.

Born on April 16, 1889 in London, Chaplin is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. He had been a productive and creative film maker for about 75 years before he died in 1977.

Early life

Chaplin suffered from poverty and hardship in his childhood. He was sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine. His mother struggled financially when his father was absent. When he was 14, his mother was sent to a mental asylum.

Career

Chaplin’s first performances were at music halls as a stage actor and comedian at the age of 19. He went to the USA where he was scouted for the film industry, and began appearing in 1914 for Keystone Studios
. He soon developed the Tramp

persona and formed a large fan base. Chaplin directed his own films from an early stage, and continued to hone his craft.. By 1918, he was one of the best known figures in the film industry.

Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture.

In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists
, which gave him complete control over his films. His first feature-length
was:

• The Kid
  (1921),
• A Woman of Paris
  (1923),
• The Gold Rush
  (1925),
• and The Circus
  (1928).

In the 1930s, Chaplin refused to move to sound films. He produced instead:

• City Lights
  (1931)
• and Modern Times
  (1936)

Both without dialogue.

Later his films became more political by producing , The Great Dictator
(1940) where he satirized Adolf Hitler.

Controversy

The 1940s were a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused of communist sympathies, while his involvement in a paternity suit and marriages to much younger women caused scandal. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland.

His latest films

Charlie Chaplin abandoned the Tramp

in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux
(1947), Limelight
(1952), A King in New York
(1957), and A Countess from Hong Kong
(1967).

Charlie Chaplin short biography

Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in 1889 in south London. His father died when he was a child, and the family didn’t have much money. Charlie first performed on the theatre stage at the age of five.

After he joined Frank Karno’s company, he went to the USA in 1914 and in his first year there he acted in 35 of Hollywood’s early films. These were “silent films”: before the invention of cinema sound — the actors couldn’t speak, but acted out their feelings in their faces and movements. Charlie Chaplin became one of the most famous actors in the world, and everyone knew and loved the role he played: a man with a black hat, big shoes, a little moustache and unusual walk.

Charlie Chaplin was a comedic British actor who became one of the biggest stars of the 20th century»s silent-film era.

Born on April 16, 1889, in London, England, Charlie Chaplin worked with a children»s dance troupe before making his mark on the big screen. His character «The Tramp» relied on pantomime and quirky movements to become an iconic figure of the silent-film era. Chaplin went on to become a director, making films such as City Lights and Modern Times, and co-founded the United Artists Corporation. He died in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland, on December 25, 1977.

Famous for his character «The Tramp,» the sweet little man with a bowler hat, mustache and cane, Charlie Chaplin was an iconic figure of the silent-film era and one of film»s first superstars, elevating the industry in a way few could have ever imagined.

Born Charles Spencer Chaplin in London, England, on April 16, 1889, Charlie Chaplin»s rise to fame is a true rags-to-riches story. His father, a notorious drinker, abandoned Chaplin, his mother and his older half-brother, Sydney, not long after Chaplin»s birth. That left Chaplin and his brother in the hands of their mother, a vaudevillian and music hall singer who went by the stage name Lily Harley.

Chaplin»s mother, who would later suffer severe mental issues and have to be committed to an asylum, was able to support her family for a few years. But in a performance that would introduce her youngest boy to the spotlight, Hannah inexplicably lost her voice in the middle of a show, prompting the production manager to push the five-year-old Chaplin, whom he»d heard sing, onto the stage to replace her.

Chaplin lit up the audience, wowing them with his natural presence and comedic angle (at one point he imitated his mother»s cracking voice). But the episode meant the end for Hannah. Her singing voice never returned, and she eventually ran out of money. For a time, Charlie and Sydney had to make a new, temporary home for themselves in London»s tough workhouses.

Armed with his mother»s love of the stage, Chaplin was determined to make it in show business himself, and in 1897, using his mother»s contacts, landed with a clog-dancing troupe named the Eight Lancashire Lads. It was a short stint, and not a terribly profitable one, forcing the go-getter Chaplin to make ends meet any way he could.

«I (was) newsvendor, printer, toymaker, doctor»s boy, etc., but during these occupational digressions, I never lost sight of my ultimate aim to become an actor,» Chaplin later recounted. «So, between jobs I would polish my shoes, brush my clothes, put on a clean collar and make periodic calls at a theatrical agency.»

Eventually other stage work did come his way. Chaplin made his acting debut as a pageboy in a production of Sherlock Holmes. From there he toured with a vaudeville outfit named Casey»s Court Circus and in 1908 teamed up with the Fred Karno pantomime troupe, where Chaplin became one of its stars as the Drunk in the comedic sketch A Night in an English Music Hall.

With the Karno troupe, Chaplin got his first taste of the United States, where he caught the eye of film producer Mack Sennett, who signed Chaplin to a contract for a $150 a week.

In 1914 Chaplin made his film debut in a somewhat forgettable one-reeler called Make a Living. To differentiate himself from the clad of other actors in Sennett films, Chaplin decided to play a single identifiable character, and «The Little Tramp» was born, with audiences getting their first taste of him in Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914).

Over the next year, Chaplin appeared in 35 movies, a lineup that included Tillie»s Punctured Romance, film»s first full-length comedy. In 1915 Chaplin left Sennett to join the Essanay Company, which agreed to pay him $1,250 a week. It is with Essanay that Chaplin, who by this time had hired his brother Sydney to be his business manager, rose to stardom.

During his first year with the company, Chaplin made 14 films, including The Tramp (1915). Generally regarded as the actor»s first classic, the story establishes Chaplin»s character as the unexpected hero when he saves the farmer»s daughter from a gang of robbers.

By the age of 26, Chaplin, just three years removed from his vaudeville days, was a superstar. He»d moved over to the Mutual Company, which paid him a whopping $670,000 a year. The money made Chaplin a wealthy man, but it didn»t seem to derail his artistic drive. With Mutual, he made some of his best work, including One A.M. (1916), The Rink (1916), The Vagabond (1916) and Easy Street (1917).

Through his work, Chaplin came to be known as a grueling perfectionist. His love for experimentation often meant countless takes, and it was not uncommon for him to order the rebuilding of an entire set. Nor was it uncommon for him to begin filming with one leading actor, realize he»d made a mistake in his casting and start again with someone new.

But the results were hard to refute. During the 1920s Chaplin»s career blossomed even more. During the decade he made some landmark films, including The Kid (1921), The Pilgrim (1923), A Woman in Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), a movie Chaplin would later say he wanted to be remembered by, and The Circus (1928). The latter three were released by United Artists, a company Chaplin co-founded in 1919 with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and D.W. Griffith.

Chaplin became equally famous for his life off-screen. His affairs with actresses who had roles in his movies were numerous. Some, however, ended better than others.

In 1918 he quickly married 16-year-old Mildred Harris. The marriage lasted just two years, and in 1924 he wed again, to another 16-year-old, actress Lita Grey, whom he»d cast in The Gold Rush. The marriage had been brought on by an unplanned pregnancy, and the resulting union, which produced two sons for Chaplin (Charles Jr. and Sydney) was an unhappy one for both partners. They divorced in 1927.

In 1936, Chaplin married again, this time to a chorus girl who went by the film name of Paulette Goddard. They lasted until 1942. That was followed by a nasty paternity suit with another actress, Joan Barry, in which tests proved Chaplin was not the father of her daughter, but a jury still ordered him to pay child support.

In 1943, Chaplin married 18-year-old Oona O»Neill, the daughter of playwright Eugene O»Neill. Unexpectedly the two would go on to have a happy marriage, one that would result in eight children.

Nearing the end of his life, Chaplin did make one last visit to the United States in 1972, when he was given an honorary Academy Award. The trip came just five years after Chaplin»s final film, A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), the filmmaker»s first and only color movie. Despite a cast that included Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando, the film did poorly at the box office. In 1975, Chaplin received further recognition when he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth.

In the early morning hours of December 25, 1977, Charlie Chaplin died at his home in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland. His wife, Oona, and seven of his children were at his bedside at the time of his passing. In a twist that might very well have come out of one of his films, Chaplin»s body was stolen not long after he was buried from his grave near Lake Geneva in Switzerland by two men who demanded $400,000 for its return. The men were arrested and Chaplin»s body was recovered 11 weeks later.

Charlie Chaplin: biography

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin is better known to us as Charlie Chaplin, was born in April 1889. He was the first common child in the family of pop actors of the London music hall. Hannah gave birth to her first son, Sidney Hill before marrying Charlie’s father, Charles Spencer Chaplin. But Sidney Hill received a surname Chaplin as his half-brother Charlie after marriage.

The early childhood of Charlie and his brother was happy. Their father was extremely popular. He had a pleasant baritone, he was regularly invited to London’s music halls and toured Europe a lot. But soon the existing problem with alcohol worsened and 37-year-old Chaplin died in a hospital in London.

Charlie’s widowed mother continued to perform in the music hall but she began to have problems with her larynx. Once 5-year-old Charlie Chaplin, whom his mother always took with her, had to replace his mother. The boy came on stage and began to sing when she could not sing her song.

The audience gave him coins and small bills. Charlie raised money and only then continued to sing. Probably, the creative biography of Charlie Chaplin began at that time.

Then his childhood ended too. Hannah was no longer able to perform. And soon his mother lost her mind when the boy was seven years old and she was taken in a psychiatric hospital. Charlie and Sidney were in an orphanage. At the age of 9, Charlie Chaplin was admitted to the dance group the Eight Lancashire Lads. He first made the audience laugh here, depicting a cat on a Christmas pantomime in 1900.

But Charlie left the band a year later. He had to earn a living and just did not have time to study and attend school. Charlie Chaplin worked wherever he was taken. He sold newspapers, helped nurses in the hospital, worked in the printing house.

At the age of 14, Chaplin’s dream came true: Charlie was hired for a permanent job in the theater and received the role of a messenger in the production of «Sherlock Holmes.» It is noteworthy that the teenager was illiterate. Therefore, his brother helped him to learn the role.

Movies

In 1908, 19-year-old Charlie Chaplin joined Fred Karno’s prestigious comedy company, where pantomimes and sketches were prepared for English music halls. The young man became a key actor in most performances. Karno`s troupe went on tour in America after two years. Then Charlie Chaplin decided to stay in the United States.

One day, Chaplin saw Mack Sennett`s performance. The American film producer liked his game so much that he invited the artist to work in his studio. In September 1913, Charlie Chaplin signed a contract. The studio was obliged to pay him $150 a week.

Things weren’t going well for the first time. Sennett even wanted to fire Charlie Chaplin. He considered his decision wrong. But the Englishman became the main actor a year later. The audience liked this rough hero of impromptu of Mack Sennett. But they liked the artist more when Charlie backtracked from the image, invented by Sennett. When Chaplin brought more humanity and lyricism to the game, the audience welcomed the hero more warmly.

One day, Sennett asked Charlie Chaplin to do a new makeup for the comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice. Then the artist came up with his original image, which is now familiar to all of us. This image included wide pants, too tight jacket (his business card), a small bowler hat, huge shoes, dressed on the wrong foot, and a mustache.

The new image was created. The cane appeared in the image of Charlie over time. He saw it in one of the photos of his father. The actor became mega-popular. But when Charlie Chaplin succeeded, he began to understand that he could be a more successful writer and director than those, who managed him.

In 1914, Chaplin’s first film called Caught in the Rain was released. Charlie acted not only as an actor but also as a director and screenwriter for the first time. Unlike Keystone Studios, which Chaplin leaves, the Essanay Film Manufacturing Company paid the artist $1250 per week and 10 thousand for the contract.

In 1916-17, another company paid for the work of a comedian even better: 10 thousand dollars a week and 150 thousand for the contract. In 1917, Charlie Chaplin signed a contract of 1 million dollars with the First National Pictures and became the most expensive actor of his time.

In 1919, Chaplin had his own United Artists Entertainment LLC. Charlie Chaplin worked at this studio until the early 1950s, when he was forced to leave America forever. The most popular movies, which were made by Charlie Chaplin were a feature film A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate, The Gold Rush, City Lights and Modern Times.

The movie A Woman of Paris: The audience did not warmly welcome a Drama of Fate. It was a psychological drama, where Chaplin appeared only in the episodic role.

But critics highly praised the work of Charlie Chaplin, recognizing his talent of the author. The Gold Rush and The Circus, which were released in the mid and late 1920s, were more warmly received and are considered classics of the cinema.

He was met by huge crowds of fans when Chaplin came to his native London in the 1920s and then to Paris. The second trip to Europe took place in the 1930s. Charlie Chaplin brought his new movies City Lights and Modern Times.

Persecutions

Charlie Chaplin’s debut in sound cinema took place in 1940. It was an anti-Hitler movie The Great Dictator. Besides, it was the last movie, in which Chaplin appeared in the image of The Little Tramp. The persecution of Chaplin began after the release of the film. He is accused of anti-American activities and commitment to Communist ideas. Edgar Hoover, the head of the American FBI, activates the collection of files on Chaplin, that he started in the 1930s.

The peak of persecution was in the 1940s when Charlie Chaplin released his film Monsieur Verdoux. It was banned by censorship. Chaplin was blamed for everything: in ingratitude to the sheltered country (the actor did not take the American citizenship), that he was a secret Communist and a Jew. Nevertheless, the movie Monsieur Verdoux was nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

The artist was expelled from America in 1952 when Chaplin went to London for the premiere of his movie Limelight. Hoover made a ban on immigration on the return of the artist in the United States. Charlie Chaplin settled in the Swiss city of Vevey. Charlie left power of attorney for all his property to his wife, anticipating that he could be expelled from the country. And she sold everything and moved with her children to Switzerland.

Recent years and death

Charlie Chaplin continued to create in Switzerland. He wrote music for some of his silent films. He voiced The Gold Rush. In 1948, the artist released the movie the Limelight. In 1954, Chaplin was awarded the International Peace Prize. And in 1957, Charlie Chaplin’s film A King in New York was released, where the actor played the main role. Charlie Chaplin had a net worth equal to 800,000 $ at the time of his death in 1977.

He published his memoirs after seven years, which formed the basis of the biographical movie Chaplin, which the audience saw in 1992. The last film of the artist A Countess From Hong Kong was released in 1967. Charlie Chaplin managed to visit the USA again in 1972. He was given a short visa to arrive at the Oscars. It was the second statue Charlie received. Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain knighted Chaplin after three years.

Charlie Chaplin died on December 25, 1977. He died in his sleep. The actor was buried at the cemetery in Vevey. But in March 1978, his ashes were reburied in another Swiss city Corsier-sur-Vevey after the kidnapping of the coffin for ransom.

Personal life

Charlie Chaplin’s had four marriages and 12 children (one of the children was recognized as non-native by genetic examination). The first wife of the actor was Mildred Harris. The actors lived only two years together. Their firstborn Norman died almost immediately after his birth. Chaplin lived with his second wife, Lita Grey for four years.

Charlie had to take her to Mexico to marry 16-year-old Lita, where their marriage was registered. Their sons Chaplin, Charles Jr. and Sydney Earl were born. The artist paid Lita the huge amount of money as compensation during their divorce process: according to various estimates, from 700 to 850 thousand dollars.

Chaplin lived with his third wife, Paulette Goddard from 1932 to 1940. Paulette married the writer Erich Maria Remarque after their divorce and moving to Switzerland. The fourth wife of the British artist was Oona O’Neill. Their wedding took place in 1943. Oona was 36 years younger than her husband. They lived together until Chaplin’s death. Three sons and five daughters were born in this marriage. The last child was born when the comedian was 72 years old.

Charlie Chaplin had a net worth equal to $400 million dollars at the time of his death in 1977.

Filmography

• Kid Auto Races at Venice
• Caught in the Rain
• A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate
• The Gold Rush
• City Lights
• Modern Times
• The Great Dictator
• Monsieur Verdoux
• Limelight
• A King in New York
• A Countess From Hong Kong

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Перевод «Чарли чаплин» на английский

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Чарли чаплин родился 16 апреля 1889 года в лондоне, в 8 часов вечера, на улице ист-лэйн, в районе уолворта в семье артистов мюзик-холла.

Charlie Chaplin was born April 16, 1889 in London, at 8:00 pm, outside the East Lane, Walworth in a family of artists in the music hall.

Чарли Чаплин — одна из самых узнаваемых кинозвёзд всех времён.

Charlie Chaplin is one of the most instantly recognizable film stars of all time.

Чарли Чаплин. Бегство в автомобиле (1915).

Чарли Чаплин. Пилигрим (1922).

Так что он выглядит как Чарли Чаплин.

Смотрите, это кажется молодой Чарли Чаплин.

Чарли Чаплин — один из самых оригинальных и знаменитых мастеров немого кинематографа.

Charlie Chaplin was one of the most creative talents in the era of silent movies.

Поэтому Чарли Чаплин так медленно делает свои фильмы.

Чарли Чаплин, бесспорно, гений.

Чарли Чаплин заинтересовался им и сделал, чтобы он снял фильм.

Charlie Chaplin became interested in him, and had him direct a film.

Чарли Чаплин стал символом немого кино.

Чарли Чаплин создал за 75 лет карьеры 81 фильм.

Charlie Chaplin released a total of 81 films throughout his career.

Чарли Чаплин был левшой и даже на скрипке играл левой рукой.

Charlie Chaplin was left-handed, and even played the violin with the left hand.

Чарли Чаплин и другие актеры кино стали пионерами в невербальном общении.

Charlie Chaplin and many other silent movie actors were the pioneers of using the non-verbal communication.

Поэтому его любимым актером был Чарли Чаплин.

Чарли Чаплин — самый известный актер начала 20-го века.

Charlie Chaplin is probably the most well-known actor of the early 20th century.

Чарли Чаплин был знаковым человеком в поп-культуре.

120 лет назад родился великий комик XX века Чарли Чаплин.

120 years ago was born the great comedian of the twentieth century, Charlie Chaplin.

Родился Чарли Чаплин в Лондоне, его родители были артистами мьюзик-холла.

Charlie Chaplin was born in London to parents who were music hall entertainers.

Вейсман С. Чарли Чаплин:История великого комика немого кино.

Weisman S. Charlie Chaplin, the Story of a great comedian of silent movies.

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