Sir+Charles+Chaplin+(Charlie+Chaplin)

 "A day without laughter is a day wasted" - Charlie Chaplin (Brainy Quotes). Charlie Chaplin was the master mind of his onscreen, silent-comedy sequence. Chaplin is very well known for his unique sense of humor and style of clothing. Charlie heated up the internet and was "the first media superstar" (Eby). Starting from the bottom, Chaplin had basically nothing and started his way up to be one of the most famous person in the whole entire world. He was loved and well admired by those of all ages, and by the time he was only 27, he became the most highly paid actor ever known to man.
 * Introduction**

Charlie's family were full of musical performers. “His parents were Hannah Chaplin and Charles Chaplin Sr.” (Eby). Sydney was the name of his half-brother. Many described Chaplin as an onscreen-comedian. In the fall of 1903, He began peforming in a road show in England. He was “employed by the impresario actor Fred Karno in Mumming Bird” (Gehring). “Chaplin became an early practitioner of the merchandise tie-in” (Eby). He was a “connoisseur of beautiful women” (Gehring). “Actress Louise Brook was one of his many lovers” (Eby). “Chaplin once dined with the Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonalds” (Raphael). He also “stayed with Winston Churchhine” (Raphael). Charlie left a huge impact on the history of silent comedy. He was very well known for his stage name "The Tramp". “Chaplin’s childhood was poverty and lack of social convention” (Powers). He had a “deprived childhood” (Raphael). Despite Chaplin’s difficulties, he had a “priceless education” (Raphael). “Hannah, Charlie, and older brother Sydney were on their own” (Powers). “In 1919, he joined megastars D.W Griffith, Douglas Fairbanks, and Mais Pickford in creating artists” (Powers). He was hired at “Essanay Pictures for $1,250 a week, plus $10,000 signing bonus” (Vanneman). “Most famous dream sequence was the Gold Rush” (LeMaster). “Charlie’s dream was in Shoulder’s Arms, which placed him in World War I” (LeMaster).
 * Personal Background**

Charlie Chaplin distinct features were “mustaches, derby hats, big shoes, baggy trousers” (Eby). He always wore the “best of clothing” (Eby). Chaplin also really “loved playing tennis” (Eby). Charlie always “loved young girls”, and “fell in love with Hetti Kitty” (Vanneman). He was a “shy and sickly boy” (Vanneman) that “hated poverty” (Powers). “Charlie had no loyalty to the country that made him rich and famous” (Powers). Charlie “did not speak the King’s English” (Raphael). Charlie had “indomitable energy and determination” (Powers). “He was smug, petulant, sentimental, self-pitying, and lecherous” (Raphael). “Chaplin was no taller than 5’6” (Raphael). “Charlie was a noted child performer and a very early age” (Vanneman). “He was a loner that grew bored with a company after about an hour” (Eby). “Chaplin was not very humanly complex” (Powers). He was always “off of balance and timing” (Raphael). He was the “first and greatest international star of the American silent comedy cinema” (Eby) that “used his dreams to synthesize The Tramp” (LeMaster).
 * Personal Traits**

Charlie Chaplin had been through tough times in his life. His mother was one of the major issues he had in his life. His mother “was known to be sexually promiscuous and may sometimes work as a prostitute” (Eby). This was one of the many things his mother had to do to make money. Later on in life, “his mother was sick or drunk and was unable to perform” (Eby). Chaplin then had to find a way to make money. He “occasionally earned a few pennies dancing outside a pub” (Powers). He had to sell his only oil stove that was worth half-penny to buy bread and eat it with grease. Later on, “he and Sydney spent three weeks in a workhouse before being assigned to a school for orphans” (Powers). Charlie never really knew who his real father was. He was accused of many dark, inappropriate things. He was accused of being a “Jew” and “criminally unbridled heterosexuality” (Raphael). Charlie had many “treacherous experience in his childhood” (Eby). Chaplin never really had much in his life. A meal for Charlie would be some bread and a portion of beef drippings. Many would describe Charlie as “painfully inhibited, sexually ravenous young man” (Eby).
 * Obstacles**

In April of 1972, Charlie Chaplin was nominated for a special Oscar’s award. Charlie was given the Honorary Oscars in 1972. Almost everyone in the country went mad about him.  Chaplin was known to be the “first media superstar” (Eby). Any movie house that was displaying his picture or showing his movie, had lines forming in front of them. Charlie’s label pins, socks, hats, ties, squirt rings, dolls, playing cards, and decorations were sold at departments and five dime stores. Fans were mesmerized and went crazy about Charlie. Chaplin was given a contract to star in Keystone Films by Kessel and Bauman. Under this contract, he was paid $150 a week. After Keystone, he then signed with the Essanay Film Company of Chicago in 1914. Here he was paid $1250 a week. For Doing such a great job, They rewarded him with an additional $10,000 signing bonus. Chaplin’s movies were mainly silent comedy. Some of his biggest hits were “The Count” and “The River”. “The Kid”, was Chaplin’s first full - length film. These silent comedies were daydream sequences where he fantasizes about overcoming intermediate obstacles. Chapin then went on to “transition from comedy to tragic comedy” (LeMaster). By the time Charlie was 27, he was the most highly paid actor in the world. Chaplin then began to direct Sennet Films. The most successful movies were “Auto Races at Venice” and “Mabel’s Strange Redicament (1914)”. Charlie played the role of being the great dictator in these movies. Later on, Charlie joined the Fren Karnug Troupe. There, he filmed his second film “Night on the Town”. He was considered Chaplinseque by Gittney. At a very early age, Charlie Chaplin had become the most famous man in the whole entire world.
 * Historical Significance**


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