FOR Charles Spencer Chaplin, 1914 was a very good year. In January he was a minor British vaudeville star who had just signed a contract to appear in a series of comedies produced by the Keystone Film ...

Charles Chaplin came to Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios late in 1913 as a little-known British vaudevillian, and after a year, had not only established his Tramp character, learned to write and direct ...

The icon that Charles Chaplin created at the age of 24 may be said to have been born on the first day that he was put on public display: Feb. 7, 1914. The "flicker" was "Kid Auto Races at Venice," and ...

Starting today at the Brattle Theatre in Cambridge, catch the centenary repertory series “The Little Tramp at 100.” Charlie Chaplin, one of the first and greatest screen icons and visionary filmmakers ...

The details: Charlie Chaplin is sitting next to a woman on a park bench. The woman is crying hysterically. Chaplin looks at her, rolls his eyes in disgust, looks at her again, then suddenly mimes a ...

In less than a year at Mack Sennett’s Keystone Film Co. in 1914, Charlie Chaplin had gone from a member of the stock company to one of the studio’s brightest lights. He had developed his character of ...

Introduction -- Charlie Chaplin's early years -- Mack Sennett and the Keystone Studios -- Chaplin's Keystone films -- Making a living -- Kid auto races at Venice, Cal -- Mabel's strange predicament -- ...

LONDON, Nov. 13, 2005 — -- Ninety-one years ago, Charlie Chaplin was a skinny music hall actor from London, trying his luck on the big stage of America -- no script, no lighting, no direction, ...

For the first half of the 20th century, Charlie Chaplin was the most famous movie comedian in the world thanks to his endearing Tramp character and the masterpieces he wrote and directed, including ...

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