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actor, director, producer, and composer, one of the most creative
artists in film history, who first achieved worldwide fame through
his performances in silent films. His full name was Sir Charles
Spencer Chaplin.
Born in London, as a child Chaplin appeared in music hall and
pantomime performances. In 1910 he toured the United States with
a pantomime troupe and decided to remain in the country. Chaplin
first appeared on the screen in 1914 with the Keystone Film Company
of American director Mack Sennett. In Kid Auto Races at Venice
(1914), wearing baggy pants, enormous shoes, and a bowler hat
and carrying a bamboo cane, he originated his world-famous character,
the Tramp. He played this classic role in more than 70 films
during his career. He was associated later with the Essanay Film
Company, the Mutual Film Company, and the First National Film
Company. In 1918 his own studio in Hollywood, California, was
completed. During these years Chaplin gradually developed the
tramp character from a jaunty, slapstick stereotype into the
compassionate human figure that came to be loved by audiences
throughout the world. In 1919 he helped found the United Artists
Corporation, with which he was associated until 1952. Important
pictures Chaplin produced, directed, and starred in include The
Kid (1921), The Pilgrim (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), The Circus
(1928), City Lights (1931), Modern Times (1936), The Great Dictator
(1940), Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), and A King
in New York (1957). Chaplin wrote, directed, and played in A
Countess from Hong Kong (1967). He also composed background music
for most of his films.
In the late 1940s and early 1950s Chaplin was criticized
for his leftist political views. As a result, he left the United
States in 1952 and established permanent residence in Switzerland.
In 1972 he briefly returned to the United States to receive several
tributes, among them a special Academy Award for his contributions
to the film industry. He was knighted in 1975.
Chaplin perfected an individual style of performing, derived
from the circus clown and the mime, combining acrobatic elegance,
expressive gesture, facial eloquence, and impeccable timing.
His portrayal of the little tramp, a universally recognized symbol
of indestructible individuality triumphing over adversity and
persecution, both human and mechanical, won him critical renown
as a tragicomedian. Film sound recording in the late 1920s, however,
imperiled the effectiveness of the pantomime on which much of
his creative imagination depended; also, he became concerned
with themes of contemporary significance. In his first two films
of the sound era, City Lights and Modern Times, Chaplin's little
tramp remained silent. Subsequently, he abandoned the role of
the tramp and relied upon specific character portrayal. The Great
Dictator, which uses all the resources of sound recording, marks
this transition. Chaplin's treatment of his subjects compounds
satire and pathos, revealing a love of humanity and of individual
freedom. He wrote My Autobiography (1964; reprinted as My Early
Years, 1982) and My Life in Movies (1975). Sir Richard Attenborough's
biographical film Chaplin appeared in 1992.
"Smile
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