Charlie Chaplin 3
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in Walworth,
London, and lived a Dickensian childhood, shared with his brother, Sydney,
that included extreme poverty, workhouses and seeing his mother's mental
decline put her into an institution. Both his parents, though separated when
he was very young, were music hall artists, his father quite famously so. But
it was his mother Charlie idolized and was inspired by during his visits
backstage while she performed, to take up such a career for himself.
He achieved his ambition when he joined a dancing troop, the Eight
Lancashire Lads, and this eventually led onto parts in Sherlock Holmes and
Casey's Court Circus. Sydney, meanwhile, had ...
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the medium of film. His first film, in 1914, was aptly titled Making A
Living, and it was directed by Henry Lehrman. He starred in many of his
Keystones along side Mabel Normand, who also directed three of his films,
but it wasn't until Twenty Minutes of Love that he had a taste of directing
himself, and this quickly became the only way he worked.
His success was such that he was able to move from one company to
another, each time into a better deal. In 1915, after thirty-five films, he
moved to Essanay, and it was here he really found his feet, not to mention his
longest serving leading lady, Edna Purviance. Notable films during this
period include The Champion, The Tramp and The Bank. In 1916 he moved
to Lone Star Mutual, with even greater control and financial rewards. Here
he made the definitive Chaplin short comedies, The Rink, Easy Street, The
Cure and The Immigrant. First National were next, and it was here he
constructed his full length masterpiece, The ...
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