Sir Charles
Spencer Chaplin (1889–1977), an
English filmmaker and actor of the early twentieth century; Chaplin did most of his
work in the United
States. In his silent film comedies, he created the beloved
character the Little
Tramp, who wore a shabby black suit, derby
hat and
floppy shoes, and walked with a cane. In a film he made in 1928, "The Circus," (a movie where he portrays a circus
hand who becomes a
clown by accident) there is a famous
sequence where Chaplin does a
tightrope act during which the safety device
breaks and he is attacked by three escaped
monkeys.
Sir Charles
Spencer Chaplin (1889–1977), an
English filmmaker and actor of the early twentieth century; Chaplin did most of his
work in the United
States. In his silent film comedies, he created the beloved
character, the Little
Tramp, who wore a shabby black suit, derby
hat and
floppy shoes, and walked with a cane. In his most famous film, "The
Gold Rush," made in 1925, Chaplin plays a prospector in the
Alaska Gold Rush of 1898 who suffers from hardship and the greed of his fellow prospectors. There is a famous
scene where Chaplin eats the sole of a
cooked shoe as his
Thanksgiving dinner. He enjoys the laces as though they were spaghetti and sucks the
nails as though they were bones.
Sir Charles
Spencer Chaplin (1889–1977), an
English filmmaker and actor of the early twentieth century; Chaplin did most of his
work in the United
States. In his silent film comedies, he created the beloved
character the Little
Tramp, who wore a shabby black suit, derby
hat and
floppy shoes, and walked with a cane.
Sir Charles
Spencer Chaplin (1889? 1977), an
English filmmaker and actor of the early twentieth century; Chaplin did most of his
work in the United
States. In his silent film comedies, he created the beloved
character, the Little
Tramp, who wore a shabby black suit, derby
hat and
floppy shoes, and walked with a cane. In his most famous film, The
Gold Rush, made in 1925, Chaplin plays a prospector in the Alaskan
Gold Rush of 1898 who suffers from hardship and the greed of his fellow prospectors. There is a famous
scene where Chaplin eats the sole of a
cooked shoe as his
Thanksgiving dinner. He enjoys the laces as though they were spaghetti and sucks the
nails as though they were bones.