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Smile By Charlie Chaplin
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April 16, 1889, London, Eng.
Dec. 25, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey,
Switzerland.
Age 88
Charlie Chaplin was born in 1889, the same year
that Thomas Edison invented the Kinetoscope. This
was unquestionably a coincidence that now bears
the hallmark of fate, as Chaplin was to become
one of the greatest film stars of all time.
His parents were both music hall artistes. His
childhood contained nothing to laugh about as he
grew up in the slums of London. When Charlie was
just 1 year of age, his father died of alcoholism
after separating from Charlies mother. Malnutrition
and poverty eventually drove his mother to a mental
breakdown.
It seems that his miserable childhood was the decisive
influence in his development and in the type of films
he would later produce. No one else has been as successful
in setting the whole world laughing as has the little
man with the bowler hat, the cane and the slap shoes!
His film career was to pass the test of time as he
successfully made the transition from Silent Films
to the Talkies, although he was the last of the
Silent Stars to make that transition.
Chaplin not only succeeded as an actor, he was also
an accomplished film director and gifted composer
of music for his films.
He died on the 25th December in 1977. With his death,
many people feel a major part of movie history was lost,
however, Charlie left us with a wonderful legacy of
laughter through his films.
British and United States actor and director. Charlie Chaplin
composed the music smile but did not actually sing the song
himself, John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons wrote the lyrics
for the movie called "Modern Times".
Charlie Chaplin co-directed and co-starred in "Caught in
a Cabaret" with Marbel Normand at Keystone Studios in 1914;
the next Keystone comedy he did, "Caught in the Rain," also
released in 1914, he wrote, directed and starred in as well.
Chaplin appeared (starred) in 28 movies between 1914 and 1961.
He died in 1977 and posthumously credited in the 1983 film The
Man in the Silk Hat which is a compilation of historic...
He has 87 acting credits beginning with "Making a Living"
(1914) and ending with "A Countess from Hong Kong" in 1967.
Thank you Mr. Chaplin for giving your all
you are truly miss.
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