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Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin (Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin), 1889-1977, English film actor, director, producer, writer, and composer, b. London. Chaplin began on the music-hall stage and then joined a pantomime troupe. While on tour in the United States, he was recruited by Mack Sennett . Chaplin merged... Read more |
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solar time time defined by the position of the sun. The solar day is the time it takes for the sun to return to the same meridian in the sky. Local solar time is measured by a sundial . When the center of the sun is on an observer's meridian, the observer's local solar time is zero hours... Read more |
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clown a comic character usually distinguished by garish makeup and costume whose antics are both humorously clumsy and acrobatic. The clown employs a broad, physical style of humor that is wordless or not as self-consciously verbal as the traditional fool or jester. Clownish figures appear in the... Read more |
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Chaplin, Charlie
Chaplin, Charlie (1889–1977...Charles Spencer Chaplin survived a difficult...soon developed his tramp persona...1931) are among his most famous nondialogue...Depression awakened Chaplin's social conscience. Modern ... |
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Charlie Chaplin collection is nothing short of wonderful.(Knight Ridder...
...that make up "The Chaplin Collection: Volume...concentrating on Chaplin's post-silent...productions ("Modern Times," "Limelight...edition concentrates on his early two-reelers...fantastic. "The Chaplin Revue" is a compilation...and pack into ... |
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Charlie Chaplin brings out smiles - even years later.(THE HOME FORUM)
...watched the same Chaplin short films and silent movies many times, we laughed at his predicaments as if...them for the first time. We never tired of laughing. Chaplin had a special gift...memorable music for his films. When ... |
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Charlie Chaplin's actor-son Sydney Chaplin dies
...its love story." His best-remembered...Brice. The New York Times called him "a tall...courting and doing his best when he must...Stark. When it came time to make the movie...heartthrob following his roles in "Lawrence...opposite Streisand. ... |
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An Indian Doctor's Cure-All: Charlie Chaplin
...a fistful of his favorite medicines. They're Charlie Chaplin movies. Which...Modern Times," "Gold Rush...thousands of years. His decision to hand...These are all Chaplin movies. Dr...fascination with Charlie ... |
 "The Economist (US)")
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Belittled. (Charlie Chaplin exhibition)
...in 1943. Although Chaplin was never a cardcarrying...deified. The famous Chaplin tramp outfit can...cane date from the time he was shooting...scene in "Modern Times". Nevertheless, Chaplin was as Chaplin dressed...the ... |
 "The Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY)")
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CHARLIE CHAPLIN FILM CHRONICLES THE STORMY LIFE OF HOLLYWOOD'S LITTLE TRAMP,...
...about it now." i Chaplin's sexual tastes...puritanical laws of the time and would have landed Chaplin in jail for up...after she married Chaplin, Lita says she...young enough to be his daughters: "Although...girls, I believe ... |
 "Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)")
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Charlie Chaplin gets his due in new production.(Time Out!)(On theater)
...his short films and his longer silent films...Todorova said. "'Modern Times.' 'City Lights...that paid homage to Chaplin," Todorova said...an older version of Charlie Chaplin talking about his life." But ... |
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Charlie Chaplin--the forgotten years.(Movie Review)
...Oct. 15, 2003, Running time: 52 MIN. With: Geraldine Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Peter Ustinov, Petula...of class and kitsch, "Charlie Chaplin The Forgotten Years...surveillance of Chaplin from ... |
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Profile: Four Charlie Chaplin films are being released on DVD; difficulty...
...summer, for the first time in nearly 60 years...see the films of Charlie Chaplin as he intended them...Rush," "Modern Times," "The Great Dictator...will bring most of Chaplin's features and...MOVSHOVITZ reporting: Charlie ... |
 "Journal of American Culture (Malden, MA)")
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Mickey and the Tramp: Walt Disney's Debt to Charlie Chaplin
...history when his studio released...technologies, his greatest influence...in the past: Charlie Chaplin, the master...1964, by which time Chaplin's Tramp and...Disney and Charlie Chaplin ... |
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