Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp

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It includes the Little Tramp as a miner in the brutal winter of the Klondike amid the eponymous time when men attempted to strike it rich. He lives in a small shack on the highest point of an incline which in the long run begins to tumble off amid a terrible windstorm. Chaplin was one of the noiseless time's most clever and most adaptable physical humorists, keeping in mind he was never as aerobatic as Buster Keaton or Harold Lloyd, he beyond any doubt knew how to offer a stifler. His acclaimed hit the dance floor with the rolls was so well known at the time that gatherings of people would request projectionists stop the film to respool and demonstrate the moment long portion once

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