5802Charlie Chaplin

2021年1月22日发(作者：drastic)
Biography of Chalie Chaplin

Born
on
April
16,
1889,
in
London,
England,
Charlie
Chaplin
worked
with
a
children's
dance
troupe
before making a huge mark on the big screen. His character
pantomime

and
quirky
movements
to
become
an
iconic
figure
of
the
silent-film
era.
Chaplin
went on to become a director, making films like
City Lights
and
Modern Times
, and co- founded
the United Artists Corporation. He died in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland, on December
25, 1977.

country a real democracy.

–
Charlie Chaplin

- Charlie Chaplin

Early Life
Famous for his character
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 world of performance,
Hannah inexplicably lost her voice in the middle of a show, prompting the stage 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.
Early Career
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 anyway he could.

digressions, I never lost sight of my ultimate aim to become an actor,

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.

Film Career
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.
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 $$1,250 a
week.
It's
with
Essanay
that
Chaplin,
who
by
this
time had hired his brother Sydney to be his business
manager, rose to stardom.
During
his
first
year
with
the
company,
Chaplin
made
14
films,
including
The
Tramp
(1915).
Generally
regarded
as
the
actor's
first
classic,
the
story
establishes
Chaplin's
character
as
unexpected
hero
when
he
saves
farmer's
daughter
from
a
gang
of
robbers.
By the age of 26, Chaplin, just three years
removed from his vaudeville days was a movie
superstar.
He'd
moved
over
to
the
Mutual
Company, which paid him a whopping $$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,