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 Charlie Chaplin: Tutte le informazioni su Charlie Chaplin su Encyclopedia.it   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Chaplin si sposò quattro volte ed ebbe undici figli, di cui uno nato morto.
Nel 1952, Chaplin lasciò gli Stati Uniti per un viaggio in Inghilterra e, avuta notizia che il suo rientro in USA sarebbe stato ostacolato, decise di stabilirsi in Europa fissando la sua residenza in Svizzera.
Chaplin morì a Vevey, in Svizzera, il giorno di Natale del 1977 ed è sepolto nel cimitero di Corsier-Sur-Vevey.
www.encyclopedia.it /c/ch/charlie_chaplin.html   (1412 words)

  
 American Masters . Charlie Chaplin | PBS
For Chaplin, the best way to locate the humor or pathos of a situation was to create an environment and walk around it until something natural happened.
The concern of early theater and film was to simply keep the audience's attention through overdramatic acting that exaggerated emotions, but Chaplin saw in film an opportunity to control the environment enough to allow subtlety to come through.
Chaplin knew that a successful scene was not simply about the star, but about everyone on the screen.
www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/chaplin_c.html   (636 words)

  
 Chaplin - an essay by Aaron Hale
Charlie Chaplin was born on April 15, 1889, in London, England to Charles Chaplin, Sr., and Hannah Hill(Lynn, Kenneth, pg.376).
When Chaplin was eight, he appeared in a clog dancing act called "Eight Lancashire Lads"(A.Kn, pg.94) Once again he was loved by the audience and he was excited with the attention he received.
Chaplin, together with two other of the foremost stars of the day, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks (who was Chaplin's best friend) and the director D.W. Griffith formed United Artists, so that each could produce and distribute his own films independently (A.Kn, pg.94).
www.csse.monash.edu.au /~pringle/silent/chaplin/aaronhale.html   (2027 words)

  
 Charles Chaplin
Chaplin is almost universally regarded as a genius whose art appealed to all levels of society, from the intellectual to the common laborer.
Chaplin sued, Essanay counter sued, and until the end of the studio a few years later to reedit and rerelease the films, often with new titles.
Chaplin was now the most widely recognized man in the world, and the twelve two-reel films he made for Mutual are probably, taken as a group, the finest comic films ever made.
www.selu.edu /kslu/chaplin.html   (655 words)

  
 What Made Charlie Run?: By Stephen M. Weissman MD
Chaplin's father was an alcoholic who died when Charlie was 12, and his mother became a chronically psychotic woman who was in and out of mental institutions.
Chaplin's first feature-length comedy and masterpiece, "The Kid" (1921), was a remarkable film in which the Little Tramp found, adopted and raised a lost child.
Because of Chaplin's worldwide stature as an artist and the ability of a Chaplin satire to tickle funny bones on such a mass scale, those who disagreed with his politics viewed him as a formidable adversary.
www.american.edu /academic.depts/soc/run.html   (2558 words)

  
 Charlie Chaplin biography, the little tramp - world famous tramp clown   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Chaplin's mother Hannah was the brightest spot in Charlie's childhood; formerly an actor on stage, she had lost her ability to perform, and managed to earn a subsistence living for herself, Charlie, and Charlie's older half-brother Sidney by sewing.
Chaplin worried incessantly about his young wife's pregnancy -- had felt that the death of his first son was, in some way, his fault.
Chaplin's life continued to be centered around his work, even in his grief, as he began work on his next film towards the end of that year: City Lights (read review).
www.clown-ministry.com /History/Charlie-Chaplin.html   (4521 words)

  
 Charlie Chaplain   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Chaplin now slowed the pace of his films, reduced the number of visual jokes but increased the time spent on each one.
Chaplin was also one of the major figures in the campaign during the summer of 1942 for the opening of a second-front in Europe.
Chaplin was once again accused of being pro-communist and the film was not released in the United States.
www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAchaplinC.htm   (2615 words)

  
 Chaplin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chaplin is a 1992 semi-biographical film about the life of Charles Chaplin.
Attenborough was so confident in Downey's performance that he actually allowed footage of the real Chaplin to be used at the end of the film.
Geraldine Chaplin portrays her own paternal grandmother Hannah Chaplin.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chaplin   (321 words)

  
 Charlie Chaplin - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Charlie Chaplin
Chaplin was born in London and first appeared on the music-hall stage at the age of five.
Along with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D W Griffith, Chaplin formed United Artists in 1919 as an independent company to distribute their films.
This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Charlie+Chaplin   (225 words)

  
 DVD.net : Chaplin - DVD Review
Chaplin would sometimes shoot over two or three hundred takes, striving to get the perfect shot, and this distanced him from a community that churned films out at a rate of two per week.
Chaplin’s invention of possibly the most recognised movie star of all time in the Little Tramp is first told in magical mystery and when caught for adding the fanciful details, he explains that the truth is so boring.
Attenborough’s film is well told with affection for Chaplin and this is evident throughout, even as we witness Charlie suffering the slings and arrows of a community driven against him by ill-informed paranoids.
www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=4205   (1187 words)

  
 DEEP FOCUS: Charles Chaplin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Charles Chaplin was a flawless physical comedian, able to perform hysterical, inventive sight gags with the grace of a ballet dancer, but he was also a powerful actor and director.
Chaplin made his screen debut in a Keystone one-reeler, Making a Living, but it was not until his second film, Kid Auto Races, that he gave the audience a glimpse of what was to come.
Chaplin began to direct as well as star in his films, but eventually he settled on the tramp character.
alumni.imsa.edu /~mitch/directors/chaplin.html   (668 words)

  
 Charlie Chaplin FBI Files   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Chaplin first came to the attention of the FBI in the early 1920's, due to his left of center political views.
Chaplin was charged with violating the 1910 Mann Act, also called the White Slave Traffic Act.
Chaplin was acquitted of the charges brought against him in the first two indictments to go to trial and later, the other charges were dropped.
www.paperlessarchives.com /chaplin.html   (500 words)

  
 Silent Era: People: Actors: Charles Chaplin
Chaplin signed with Essanay Film Manufacturing Company in 1915 for a considerable raise in pay and was, at the time, the world’s highest-paid film star.
Very soon after beginning his motion picture career, Chaplin not only was the principal comedian in his films, he developed storylines and gags for the comedies, and directed them as well.
Chaplin’s comic technique — developed for vaudeville — began to mature in the 1910s, with more emphasis on story and character development (largely unheard of in the early days of comic cinema), and he occasionally brought pathos into his persona as The Little Tramp.
www.silentera.com /people/actors/Chaplin-Charles.html   (421 words)

  
 Chaplin (1992)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
The film starts off very good chronicling Chaplin's early life and his rise to fame, but after that the film only delves into his personal life, with few glimpses into his career as an actor and director.
Despite this, the film still ends with a magical moment showing Chaplin at the 1972 Academy Awards where he was given a special award.
Kevin Kline, Moira Kelly, and Geraldine Chaplin are all good in supporting roles, though that one scene where Fairbanks hides his image is unnecessary.
www.imdb.com /title/tt0103939   (500 words)

  
 Charlie Chaplin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
His father was a versatile vocalist and actor; and his mother, known under the stage name of Lily Harley, was an attractive actress and singer, who gained a reputation for her work in the light opera field.
Chaplin wrote, directed and edited all these movies, except those marked with an asterisk (*), which were produced by Keystone Film Company.
Mme Chaplin se bat pour élever Charles et son demi- frère aîné Sydney, enfant illégitime, malgré sa santé défaillante (elle a fini par être internée en hôpital psychiatrique).
www.charliechaplin.com /rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=22   (392 words)

  
 Bright Lights Film Journal | Charlie Chaplin at Mutual
In his autobiography, Chaplin describes the pride he felt as a boy in his mother’s appearance and how upset he became when she began to let herself go as her mental condition declined.
Chaplin is a society drunk, stumbling home alone into a very unwelcoming house, filled with vicious stuffed animals, treacherous staircases, diabolical rugs, pernicious pendulums, and much much more.
Chaplin was surely looking ahead to the new contract he eventually obtained from First National that would allow him to make feature films and ultimately give him ownership of his work.
www.brightlightsfilm.com /49/chaplin.htm   (3184 words)

  
 Charlie Chaplin's Family
Chaplin and Goddard were married on a trip while traveling near Japan and China in 1936, but the legal papers were ever made public during the time of their marriage.
Chaplin would never be able return to the California home he loved when he was denied re-entry to the U.S. by government officials.
Chaplin also owned the home he brought his mother to live in during her later years in the 1920's.
www.ednapurviance.org /chaplininfo/chaplinfamily.html   (1354 words)

  
 Charlie Chaplin: The Great Dictator   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Charlie Chaplin was first introduced to America in 1910 as a vaudeville clown with the highly renowned Fred Karno Company.
The arc of Charlie's career is described as one bred of deprivation and encompassed nearly every cinematic skill, from acting, producing and directing to the writing of scenarios and scores, gags and tragedies.
Hannah joins forces with Chaplin who cast himself in the dual role of Hynkel, the ranting, vainglorious emperor of Tomania, and his double, a downtrodden little Jewish barber.
members.aol.com /FenixFlyte/chaplin.html   (1870 words)

  
 Charlie Chaplin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Chaplin’s film career as the Little Tramp adored by the whole world is the stuff of legend, but this frank autobiography shows another side.
Chaplin’s life and work was documented with passionate enthusiasm: private phtotgraphs taken by his friends, his family and his children had been collected and kept, as well as officals photographs made during shootings and work in Hollywood Studios.
Chaplin : The Dictator and the Tramp is a collection of essays about Charles Chaplin (1889-1977) written by some of the world’s leading authorities on chaplin and early film comedy.
www.charliechaplin.com /rubrique.php3?id_rubrique=3   (1497 words)

  
 chaplin
Chaplin sent his limousine for me. He was very kind during that first private interview.
I was merely one of the sad jesters in the court of the King of Laughter.
As Lita Grey Chaplin she brought him as much misery as it is possible for a misunderstanding young lady to bring to genius.
www.dennismcmillan.com /copy_of_jimtully/chaplin.htm   (2382 words)

  
 'Chaplin'
Based on Chaplin's factually airbrushed "My Autobiography" and David Robinson's "Chaplin: His Life and Art," the movie gives you a little bit of everything and, therefore, nothing.
After a dinner with Hoover, in which Chaplin makes light of the FBI tyrant's communist paranoia, Chaplin's dark future is set.
The movie indulges in a rather stale flashback procedure, in which Chaplin and his editor (Anthony Hopkins) discuss the octogenarian's soon-to-be-published autobiography.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/chaplinpg13howe_a0af5f.htm   (697 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Wife of the Life of the Party: Books: Lita Grey Chaplin,Jeffrey Vance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Chaplin was a man of extreme moods and he could be enormously seductive, charming and adorable one minute, and a crude, insensitive cad the next moment.
Chaplin was interested in a torrid affair and not a permanent relationship; he demanded she get an abortion, she refused, and he was stuck in a loveless marriage.
She of course was the child bride of CHARLES CHAPLIN that mangaged to sue and win a substanial sum when divorcing him in 1927, causing one of the great Hollywood scandals of the 1920's.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0810834324?v=glance   (1722 words)

  
 'Chaplin'
Drawn from Chaplin's "My Autobiography" and David Robinson's "Chaplin: His Life and Art," the film opens on the comedian's Dickensian childhood in Victorian England.
There are scenes in "Chaplin" in which he runs his hands through his hair while perfecting the score of "The Great Dictator," but nothing of the elaborate preparations that went into his seemingly magical performances.
Attenborough doesn't have a clue when it comes to Chaplin's psychology, a shortcoming he fobs off on Chaplin himself, who dishes out anecdotes during a fictitious meeting with the editor of his autobiography.
www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/chaplinpg13kempley_a0a350.htm   (563 words)

  
 Silent Film Sources Monthly News
Chaplin, Keaton and Lloyd may have made exceptional shorts, but after all, they are remembered most for their starring features.
Chaplin's second feature, A Woman of Paris (1923) was a drama, and Harold Lloyd's third feature (his first planned for that length), Grandma's Boy (1922), previewed as a drama before he and producer Hal Roach decided to pepper it with gags.
Since Chaplin modified his other silent films decades after their initial release, they conclude that the new version would likely meet with Chaplin approval if he were still alive.
www.cinemaweb.com /silentfilm/98_2_mon.htm   (11709 words)

  
 Review: Chaplin   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Chaplin is Sir Richard Attenborough's account of the life and times of film great Charlie Chaplin.
Choosing Geraldine Chaplin to play Charlie's mother Hannah is a case of inspired casting.
Since Hetty is only briefly introduced, it's hard to envision her as one of the forces that drives Chaplin's life, and even harder to understand how he is able to set aside her memory through Oona.
movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/c/chaplin.html   (649 words)

  
 Discover Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin was the first international star of the modern era, especially beloved for his Little Tramp character.
He was the first screen artist to write, direct and perform in his own films; in fact, in some cases, Charlie Chaplin even wrote the music for his movies.
Finally, Charlie Chaplin was also the first artist to use his work to convey a message of equality and justice for all - but especially for the "little guy".
www.discoverchaplin.com   (253 words)

  
 Michael Chaplin's weekly report on life in and out of medical school in New York.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
Michael Chaplin is a third year student of medicine at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center.
Of course, your Michael Chaplin might be British, in which case, perhaps you’re looking for information on Charlie Chaplin’s son, Michael, who was in Chaplin’s A King in New York and the author of I Never Smoked the Grass on my Father’s Lawn.
I suppose it’s no surprise that with all of these people named Michael Chaplin running around, that one of them should be an Edgar Award winning writer, or perhaps just a member of the Frinton Rotary Club.
chaplin.blogspot.com /2001_12_01_chaplin_archive.html   (2502 words)

  
 TIME 100: Charlie Chaplin
An advertisement for a Charlie Chaplin film was a promise of happiness, of that precious, almost shocking moment when art delivers what life cannot, when experience and delight become synonymous, and our investments yield the fabulous, unmerited bonanza we never get past expecting.
In the first decades of the 20th century, when weekly moviegoing was a national habit, Chaplin more or less invented global recognizability and helped turn an industry into an art.
In 1923 Hart Crane, who wrote a poem about Chaplin, said his pantomime "represents the futile gesture of the poet today." Later, in the 1950s, Chaplin was one of the icons of the Beat Generation.
www.time.com /time/time100/artists/profile/chaplin.html   (405 words)

  
 Internet Archive: Details: Charlie Chaplin Festival
Four Chaplin shorts from 1917: The Adventurer, The Cure, Easy Street and The Immigrant, presented with music and sound effects.
A good example of Chaplins early work using all the talents previously honed to perfection in the English Music Hall, well worth taking the time to download.
When you watch these 4 shorts you can see why Chaplin was and still is such a great star.
www.archive.org /movies/details-db.php?collection=feature_films&collectionid=charlie_chaplin_film_fest   (159 words)

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