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History of Film Charlie Spencer Chaplin : Pt 3 The Silent Era

Overview of His Life

Childhood


Charlie Spencer Chaplin was born in London, England, on April 16th, 1889. His father was an accomplished actor and singer as well as his mother, who went by her stage name Lily Harley, was a beautiful actress and singer who became famous due to her performance in the field of light opera. Charlie was forced to rely on the middle of his own circumstances before when he was 10 as the premature loss of his father and the subsequent health issues of his mother made it essential that Charlie along with his older brother Sydney and Sydney, care for their own.


His career began at the beginning


At the age of twelve, he was given his first opportunity to perform in a stage production and acted in the role of "Billy" the page boy as a support act for H. A. Saintsbury and later William Gillette in different productions of "Sherlock Holmes". Following the conclusion of the show Kadence clover hawk, Charlie started a career as a vaudeville-style comedian and eventually brought his to United States in 1910 as an active participant in The Fred Karno Repertoire Company.


Gaining independence


After his deal with Mutual was terminated around 1917. Chaplin was able to make a decision as an independent film producer with the hope of more freedom and more leisure in the making of his films. In order to achieve this Chaplin was busy in the building of the studio he owned. The plant was located within the residential area of Hollywood located at La Brea Avenue.


In the early years of 1918, Chaplin entered into an agreement with the First National Exhibitors' Circuit, which was a new group that was created specifically to promote his work. The first film he made under this arrangement is "A Dog's Life". Following this film the filmmaker turned his attention to a nationwide tour for the war effort. Following which he produced a film that the US government made to promote the Liberty Loan initiative: "The Bond".


Charlie Chaplin And His Contribution To Art And Cinema


Although later in his the course of his life Charlie Chaplin and his contribution to cinema and art received international acclaim, he also faced during his time of controversy and suffering. He was accused of being unfaithful to England and being accused of spreading communism in America and being discriminated against for being a non-American, indicted for aiding in the Russian struggle and was declared an unwelcome alien and then penalized for his depiction of Hitler in the film The Great Dictator. In all of this, his work took the brunt of criticism. To add to that, his unhappy private life. Joan Barry whom Charlie had briefly been in a relationship with filed a lawsuit against him over his pregnancy. The divorce and subsequent divorces from his wives resulted in his distributing massive sums of money in a settlement.


Charlie Spencer Chaplin Marriages History


From the four marriages he had, he lost his three spouses, two through divorce, and the third lived just three hours. All this stress is claimed that his hair had already turned gray. Maybe this is the reason. Charlie was never flamboyant, or fashionable despite being a cult star and millionaire for the entirety of his life. After the demise of his film "Limelight" and his expulsion due to political reasons in America, Charlie Chaplin gradually became withdrawn and entered self-exile. After departing from his home in the United States in 1952, Chaplin resided in Britain and, in 1953, he relocated to Vevey, Switzerland where he died on Christmas Eve in 1977.


City Lights


City Lights proved to be the most difficult and long-lasting undertaking that Chaplin had ever undertaken. At the time the film was finished, he had been working for two and a half years working on the film, which included nearly 191 days of actual filming. The most impressive thing is that the film is not a reflection of all the effort and stress.


Prior to his debut in City Lights, the sound film had already been established. This was more of a challenge for Chaplin than other silent actors. Chaplin's Tramp persona was universal. His character was a hit across the globe. However, should the Tramp started speaking in English the world's audience would immediately diminish.


Modern Times (1936)


Chaplin was adamantly focused on the economic and social problems of the present day. Between 1931 and 1932,, he had quit Hollywood for the first time, and set off on an 18-month tour around the world. In Europe He was shocked by an increase in nationalism, as well as the social consequences of the Depression as well as the effects of unemployment and automation.


He was a student of economics and then came up with an own Economic Solution, an intelligent experiment in utopian ideallism. Based on a more equitable distribution of wealth, not only but also of work. In 1931, he stated to an interviewer for a newspaper. Unemployment is the main issue. Machinery will benefit humanity.



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