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In the spring of Moden, Charlie Chaplin was born to almost unknown music hall entertainer parents. The boy grew up to be the greatest international star of the American silent comic cinema. Chaplin was the first acknowledged artistic genius of world cinema, recognized by the influential generation of artists and moviegoers. While the public have forgotten many silent era stars, Charlie Chaplin remains a household name in most parts of the world.

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Charlie Chaplin had to face a very turbulent childhood. His parents separated even before he was three.

His mother, actress Lily Harvey, lived with Charlie. The small Charlie also lived in different places before he and his brother were sent to Kennington Road School and later on to a school for the paupers, because of their financial situation. These came as a shock for the sensitive child and the pain and agony of desperate poverty were reflected subsequently in the characters of his films. The themes of his films were much influenced by his childhood incidents and experiences. His genius was essentially pantomimic, ideally suited to the silent cinema era.

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But his pantomime was subtler. The visual gags were pure fun. The tramp character would aggressively assault his enemies with kicks and bricks. People loved him though critics warned that his comedy Modrn on vulgarity. After some short films like Essanay, Mutual Film Corporation and First National he became involved in different facets of film making like acting, direction, and production.

He also made the masterpieces City Lightsas Moden as Modern Times Though they were silent films they were immensely popular and had his own music and sound effects. City Lights was by far his most balanced film, dealing with comedy and sentiments. While Modern Times is a non-talkie, it contains dialouges coming from inanimate objects such as a radio.

The reason behind this was that during the period of silent films the viewers were not accustomed to the concept of listening to dialogues as well as watching a performance simultaneously.

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Talkies became the dominant and popular mode of movie making link but Chaplin was reluctant to the idea as he considered cinema to be a pantomimic art. Now let us look at some of his films in detail. Limelight tells the story of a once-great stage Tkmes, whose career has failed leading to alcholism. The man eventually saves the life of a despondent ballerina from a suicide attempt.

Monsieur Verdoux is a blistering black comedy released in Chaplin plays Henri Verdoux, a civilized monster who marries wealthy women, then murders them and uses their money to support his real family. A Woman of Paris was written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. It was designed to launch Edna Purviance into a serious acting career.]