Film & Literature

Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889 in the city of Walworth, England. Chaplin parents were both related with entertainment business, so he learnt how to sing because their influences. Chaplin life was full of abandonment episodes from his parents. Chaplin father was an alcoholic and his mother suffered of mental illness. Although Chaplin and his half brother suffer, they became very close in order to accompany each other, both boys were very talented, and all the bad situations that they passed through helped them to create great characters. 7 years before Chaplin’s mother died they moved to United States. Chaplin was one of the pioneers film artists, he was a comedian, a producer, a director, a writer and a composer of motion pictures one of his famous characters was the “Tramp” his first appearance as a tramp was in the film “Kid Auto Races at Venice”. In 1919 Chaplin and some other co-founded the United Artists Film Distribution Company, doing this Chaplin could work as an independent film-maker. Chaplin contributed also with some unique filmmaking techniques but they were just known after he died and his outtakes and cutting sequences were exanimate in a British documentary called “Unknown Chaplin”. Chaplin his considered through the years as one of the influential and best-known film artist worldwide.

If you are interested in Charles Chaplin Films and his works you will enjoy the following websites:
1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh3z89u1NtY
2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4UhJpviVYg


Chaplin Filmography and Awards

Charles Chaplin Filmography starts in 1914 with his first character Slicker in the Film “Making a Living”, after this film he creates his well-known character the tramp in the movie “Kid Auto Races at Venice” in the same 1914 year, Chaplin started working as director with the films “Twenty Minutes of Love”, “Caught in a Cabaret”, “Caught in the Rain”, “Mabel's Busy Day”, “Mabel's Married Life”, “The New Janitor”, “The Pawnshop”, “The Adventurer” among others. Chaplin was also the composer, producer, writer and director of his own film, and we can find a number of them under this criteria, some of the films are the following: “A Dog's Life “, “Shoulder Arms”, “The Pilgrim”, “The Circus”, “Limelight”, “A King in New York” and “The Chaplin Revue”.
Chaplin receive some important awards or recognitions for his work, one of them was a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1970. Chaplin was awarded with three OSCARS one for Best Original Score, one Honorary Award, and one Special Award. 4