Charlie Chaplin: The Father Of The Most Silent Era Of Film

Chaplin was born on April 16, 1889, Walworth, London, United Kingdom. His parents were Charlie Chaplin Sr. and Hannah Chaplin, who was a singer. Despite being known as one of the most acclaimed actors of our time, Chaplin grew up in extreme poverty. His father left him and his mother was sent off to a mental institution. He and his brother Sydney were left to an orphanage. Even later in life when he was wealthy, he had many troubles concerning if he was a communist or not. Chaplin persevered through many troubles and obstacles to become one the great figures of the silent era of film. It is very hard to imagine that such a wealthy person like Charlie Chaplin was born into such horrible poverty. The Chaplin boys sometimes had to steal to

He created one of the most famous cinema characters ever with the “Tramp”. Whose actions and views on the world in the films were heavily influenced by Chaplin. This included Chaplin’s love of women, Chaplin’s despise of poverty and his hatred of bullies. An icon in the world of cinema, Chaplin is widely accepted as one of the founding fathers of the genre of comedy and has influenced an array of filmmakers and comedians. Even today, many of his films are extremely popular and are hailed as classics. Some of his greatest films include ‘Modern Times’, ‘The Great Dictator’, ‘The Gold Rush’, ‘The Immigrant’ and ‘The Kid’. Chaplin is known as the godfather of the silent cinema with many of his most famous films coming out during this era. In 1972, he received the Honorary Academy Award for ‘the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century”. That year he also received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was the author of at least four books, “My Trip Abroad”, “A Comedian Sees the World”, “My Autobiography”, “My Life in Pictures” as well as all of his scripts. An accomplished musician, though self-taught, he played a variety of instruments with equal skill and facility (playing violin and cello left-handed). He was also a composer, having written and published many songs, among them: “Sing a Song”; “With You Dear in Bombay”; and “There’s Always One You Can’t Forget”, “Smile”, “Eternally”, “You are My Song”, as well as the soundtracks for all his films. Charles Chaplin was one of the rare comedians who not only financed and produced all his films (with the exception of “A Countess from Hong Kong”), but was the author, actor, director and soundtrack composer of them as well. He died on Christmas day 1977, survived by eight children from his last marriage with Oona O’Neill, and one son from his short marriage to Lita Grey. He was 88 years old. We can learn from such an incredible