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Charlie Spencer Chaplin is Born
Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents, Charles and Hannah, were vaudeville artists, though Chaplin never remembered living with his father. His mother took odd jobs to support Chaplin and older brother Sydney, but the family ended in a workhouse. -
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Vega, Davis: The Life Of Charlie Chaplin
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First Appeareance in front of an american audiance
In 1910, he came to the united states with the troupe, making his first appearance before an american audience at the Colonial Theather in New York City. -
Chaplin leaves Keystone for Essanay and Directs
Aware of his box-office appeal, Chaplin left Keystone for Essanay, where between February 1915 and May 1916, he directed and starred in 14 two-reelers, including The Tramp (1915), in which his most memorable screen persona crystallized. -
Moving To Lone Star Mutual
In 1916,Chaplin moved to Lone Star Mutual, where he produced and directed some of his finest shorts, including The Pawnshop and The Rink (Both 1916) and Easy Street, The Immigrant, and The Adventurer (All1917). -
Chaplin becomes famous
By 1918, Chaplin was the most popular film star in the world, praised for his work's comic and human values. His expert pantomime enhanced and universalized his impact. -
Featurettes
In 1919, Chaplin, with actors Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks and director D.W. Griffin, formed United Artists, which released his next seven features. Following A Woman of Paris was The Gold Rush (1925), an epicstyle comedy in which Chaplin strikes it rich in the Klondike and becomes a millionare. A critical and box-office hit, it is the film he wished to be remembered by -
Personal Life & Marriage
Chaplins personal life at the time was beset with scandal, as it would be throughout his career. His perchant for young women led to two disastrous marriages ending in divorce: in 1918 to Mildred Harris and in 1924 to Lita Grey; both were 16. -
Chaplin fails The Circus
Litigation over Chaplin's second marriage interfered with the production and released of The Circus (1928), which fails to even mention in his autobioagraphy. -
Chaplin's final marriage
Chaplin was married for the fourth and last time in 1943 to Oona O'Neill, daughter of the famous playwright Eugene O'Neill. She was 17 and he 54. They had seven children, and the marriage lasted until his death. -
Charlie Chaplin's Death
Charlie Chaplin dies on christmas day. -
Symbol: Lamb
In Christianity, the lamb represents Christ as both suffering and triumphant. Like the lamb Charlie suffered a lot as a kid being an orphan and also suffered from flogging and indignities. -
Symbol 2
The pen represents learning, knowledge, and the creation of destinies. It is also phallic. Charlie in related to the pen is very creative and he had to learn a lot to become as good as he was. -
Works Cited
MLA
Harmon, Justin, et. al."Charlie Chaplin." Pop Culture Universe: Icons, Idols, Ideas. ABC-CLIO, 2011. Web. 29 Nov. 2011. Harold L., Erickson. "Chaplin, Charlie." Britannica Biographies (2011): 1. MAS Ultra - School Edition. Web. 9 Dec. 2011. -
Image Documentation
Birth:
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Symbol 2: http://spypen.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Spy_Pen_Camera_Video_recording_pen.jpg
Charlie Chaplin Fails The Circus: http://www.vinmag.com/online/media/gbu0/prodlg/AP711-charlie-chaplin-the-circus-movie-poster-1928.jpg
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Image Documentation 2
Lonestar Mutual
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Death
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Final Marriage
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Featurettes
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Symbol 1
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