16.01.2014 - Charly Chaplin1 and his 'Tramp' character etc. by dali48
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17.07.2012 - Interpretation of dali48
Curiosities about the tramp: 1916 Charles Chaplin was the highest paid film artist. The Film Society "Mutual" offered him for 12 "Zweiakter" the fabulous salary of...
1952, at the beginning of McCarthyism, Chaplin was refused re-entry into the United States. He was spied in exile in Switzerland because of his sympathy for...
Chaplin once won the 3rd Prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest. He was married 4 times and had a total of 11 children. A walking stick of the world star was auctioned for... (ARTE, 12/2009)
Interpretation of dali48
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin (1889 – 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world...
Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. He was influenced by his predecessor, the French silent film comedian Max Linder...
In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time. In 2008, Martin Sieff, in a review of the book Chaplin: A Life, wrote...
It is doubtful any individual has ever given more entertainment, pleasure and relief to so many human beings when they needed it the most". George Bernard Shaw called Chaplin...
At the time of his birth, Chaplin's parents were both entertainers in the music hall tradition: Hannah, the daughter of a shoemaker, had a brief and unsuccessful career under the stage name Lily Harley, while Charles Sr...
Chaplin's childhood was fraught with poverty and hardship, prompting biographer David Robinson to describe his eventual trajectory as "the most dramatic of all the rags to riches stories ever told." His early years were spent with his mother and brother...
In September 1898, Hannah Chaplin was committed to Cane Hill mental asylum—she had developed a psychosis seemingly brought on by malnutrition and an infection of syphilis. Chaplin recalled his anguish at the news...
By age 13 Chaplin had fully abandoned education. He supported himself with a range of jobs, but said he "never lost sight of my ultimate aim to become an actor"...
Chaplin was the subject of a backlash in the British media for not fighting in World War 1. He defended himself, revealing that he had registered for the draft but was not asked to fight...
"Something is wrong. Things have been badly managed when five million men are out of work in the richest country in the world." He felt that capitalism and machinery in the workplace would lead to more unemployment...
Chaplin's first talking picture, The Great Dictator (1940), was an act of defiance against Nazism. It was filmed and released in the United States one year before the U.S. entry into...
Paulette Goddard filmed with Chaplin again, depicting a woman in the ghetto. The film was seen as an act of courage in the political environment of the time, both for its ridicule of Nazism...
During Chaplin's legal trouble over the Barry affair, he met Oona O'Neill, daughter of Eugene O'Neill, and married her on 16 June 1943. He was fifty-four; she had just turned eighteen. The marriage produced...
They were married until Chaplin's death; Oona survived him fourteen years, and died from pancreatic cancer in 1991...
"Since the end of the last world war, 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"...
Following his exile from the United States, Chaplin made his home in Vevey, Switzerland. His final two films were made in London: A King in New York (1957) in which he starred, wrote, directed and produced; and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)...
"This is My Song", reaching number one in the UK as sung by Petula Clark...
His health started to decline more rapidly in the early 1970s. He suffered several strokes which left him with a difficulty communicating. His ability to walk was also impaired, and he had to use a...
Chaplin died in his sleep from the complications of a stroke in the early morning of 25 December 1977 at his home in Switzerland...
Chaplin's "tramp" character is possibly the most imitated on all levels of entertainment. The influence of his 'Tramp' character could be seen on other artists and media providers... (Wikipedia)
