It did not have a promising start, as the neighborhood in which he was born was a
London suburb. Charlie was the first child of Charles Chaplin and
Hannah Hill, singers and artists of evangelical religion.
in the music hall and in street performances, Chaplin debuted at the age of six
years singing 'Jack Jones'.
In 1985, the invention of the cinematograph happened and shortly after it
presented the first feature film called The Exit of the
workers of the Lumiere factory.
The film industry continued to evolve and Chaplin had a
opportunity, they called him from a company to audition for a play
call Jim, in which he represented a street child.
He soon acted in another work of Sherlock Holmes, in The Turbulent and in
Peter Pan, these were its beginnings in cinema and thanks to them it was
discovered.
Sydney Chaplin took Charles to the music hall run by Fred Karno.
When Karno observed Chaplin's appearance, he found it too much.
malnourished and I hired him as a dancer. I also represent roles of
villain and drunk and contortionist
In 1913, Mack Sennett, director of the Keystone film company
invited Chaplin to work with him. Until this moment, Chaplin only
had acted in plays but decided to accept and it was there when he
farewell to the music halls
At 25 years old when she starred in her first movie,
"Making a living", translated as "Charlot journalist".
February 1914, in it Chaplin played a high-class Englishman
who gets a job as a reporter and ends up stealing the news and the
the camera of another journalist, who follows him in a very comical way,
ending both in a tram.
This was the first great comedy in which Charles Chaplin performed
to his well-known character "Charlot".
For his next movie which was 'Car Races for Kids'
Chaplin used a new outfit, which would become his personal trademark,
this is how he would dress in all his movies and everyone would know him by
that costume, Charlot the little vagabond had been born.
Chaplin was characterized by living unfortunate situations that the
other people we would see as bad or sad and transformed them into
comical situations, enthusiastically seeking new opportunities,
he could be seen as a jack of all trades and unfortunate in love.
The public fell in love with him as they loved his way of being with his
persistence in the things that went wrong and his simplicity in everything that
towards, and its ability to face new situations, any
that these were.
Chaplin convinced Mark Sennett, director of Keystone, to let him
allowed to conceive and direct their own films, debuted with 'Twenty
minutes of love
Although not all of Chaplin's films with the Keystone company
they were successful, the truth is that in just two Chaplin went from beggar
The millionaire and his success allowed him to start putting conditions.
On February 26, 1916, it was announced with fanfare and ceremony that
Charlie Chaplin had changed production companies, Charlie signed with the
Mutual Film Corporation when it was only 27 years old.
Many critics tried to pinpoint Chaplin's ideological affiliation,
many called him a communist and he would do nothing to deny it. It was
of course a character like Chaplin couldn't be neutral in the midst of
the violent conflicts that were unfolding in the world.
It is possible to find social satires in Chaplin's work that
they would disturb the rulers and the powerful. However, always
I would declare that their comedic situations were only intended to entertain the public.
and make him forget his problems.
In chronological order, we can highlight among them, Charlot, musician
ambulant, The boy, Charlot at one in the morning, Charlot the moneylender and
Charlot in the street of peace, where the typical Chaplinian world is shown.
seedy lawsuits and incompetent police, the immigrant and the adventurer.
Charlie, apparently, was attracted to young girls. He had many loves, but
only four wives. Mildred Harris was the first, with whom he had a
son, and also the first failure. There was a significant difference in
personalities. This way a destructive pattern began and
recurrent in Charlie's life.