Charles Spencer Chaplin was born today in 1889. He was most famous for his silent movies during the vaudeville days, which seem to be such a great movie era. MODERN TIMES is my favorite Chaplin movie.
--In 1975 he was knighted by the Queen of England
--He was married 4 times and had a total of 11 children, one of those children was Geraldine Chaplin (who starred in one of my favorite movies, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO
--His final wife was the daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neil
--"In her book, "Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin", Joyce Milton asserts that Vladimir Nabokov's controversial classic, "Lolita", was inspired by Chaplin's relationship with Lita Grey."
--There is a story that he once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and came in second
--In 1925, he became the first actor to appear on the cover of Time Magazine
--It is rumored that Adolf Hitler grew his mustache to be like Charlie Chaplin
--He loved to play tennis
--in 1977 he passed away in his sleep on Christmas day
facts courtesy of IMDB
"Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself. "
--Charlie Chaplin--
3 comments:
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