In Boom and Bust: American Cinema in the 1940s, Thomas Schatz writes of " Chaplin's Little Tramp transposed into a meek Jewish barber ", while, in Hollywood in Crisis: Cinema and American Society, 1929-1939, Colin Shindler writes that " The universal Little Tramp is transmuted into a specifically Jewish barber whose country is about to be absorbed into the totalitarian empire of Adenoid Hynkel.

McCrea does parody Chaplin's " Little Tramp " character earlier in the film.

The ringmaster of an impoverished circus hires Chaplin's Little Tramp as a clown, but discovers that he can only be funny unintentionally, not on purpose.

The outfit signified life's fragility and Bip became his alter ego, just as the " Little Tramp " became Charlie Chaplin's.

Although he wears a moustache, Chaplin's characterization in this movie is distinctly different from that of his beloved " Little Tramp ".

The Little Tramp, also known as The Tramp ( Charlot in several languages ) was Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character, a recognized icon of world cinema most dominant during the silent film era.

His work in films included composing the score for Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator ( 1940 ), ( Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score ), and arranging music for the score of William Wyler's The Little Foxes ( 1941 ), ( Academy Award nomination for Best Music Score of a Dramatic Picture ).

Short comedies were especially popular, and typically came in a serial or series ( such as the Our Gang movies, or the many outings of Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character ).

Like Chaplin's various incarnations, all of whom bear some resemblance to the Little Tramp, these characters, though singular and independent creations, must undoubtedly have struck their audiences as Pierrot-like.

Little Tramp received its first staging in 1995 at the prestigious Eugene O ' Neill Theater Festival in Waterford, Connecticut ( Eugene O ' Neill having been the father of Chaplin's wife, Oona O ' Neill ).

He appeared as " Herring "-a parody of Nazi official Hermann Göring-the minister of war in Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator ; he danced with Alice Faye and Betty Grable in Tin Pan Alley ; he stole scenes as a dim witted process server in the fast-paced comedy His Girl Friday ; playing an Italian character, he played opposite singer Gloria Jean in The Under-Pup and A Little Bit of Heaven.

* Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp

Chaplin's next release was war-based, placing the Tramp in the trenches for Shoulder Arms.

The event seems to have influenced Chaplin's work, as he planned a film that turned the Tramp into the carer of a young boy.

It contains some of Chaplin's most famous gags, such as the Tramp eating his shoe and the " Dance of the Rolls ", and he later said it was the film he would most like to be remembered for.

Chaplin's performance of a gibberish song did, however, give the Tramp a voice for the only time on film.

It was widely noted that Hitler wore the same toothbrush moustache as the Tramp, and it was this physical resemblance that formed the basis of Chaplin's story.

According to David Robinson, unlike in more conventional slapstick comedies, the comic moments in Chaplin's films centred on the Tramp's attitude to the things happening to him: the humour did not come from the Tramp bumping into a tree but from his lifting of his hat to the tree in apology.

He played in a few pictures, including Chaplin's A Woman of Paris ( a rare drama for Chaplin, in which his character of The Tramp does not appear ) and made a huge impression in the operetta Dédé.

The 2002 TV documentary on the making of the film, The Tramp and the Dictator, presented newly discovered footage of the film production ( shot by Chaplin's elder half-brother Sydney ) which showed Chaplin's initial attempts at the film's ending, filmed before the fall of France.

There is no consensus on the relationship between the film's Jewish barber and Chaplin's earlier Tramp character, but the trend is to view the barber as a variation on the theme.

" DVD reviewer Mark Bourne bows to Chaplin's earlier statement: " Granted, the barber bears more than a passing resemblance to the Tramp, even affecting the familiar bowler hat and cane.

* Charles Chaplin's most famous comic invention The Tramp

The officials of a city are dedicating a new statue, but when it is unveiled, Chaplin's Tramp is discovered sleeping on it.

The landmark film of the Chaplin series is The Tramp ( 1915 ), in which Chaplin's vagabond character finds work on a farm and is smitten with the farmer's daughter.

IBM — which likely timed its announcement to hurt competitors ' sales during Christmas — reportedly spent $ 40 million on PCjr advertising, which used Charlie Chaplin's iconic character " The Tramp ", already used in a successful campaign for the IBM PC, to link the two products together.

Chaplin's films did not always portray the Tramp as a vagrant, however.

Examples of farces include British sitcom Fawlty Towers and Men Behaving Badly, as well as films like Monty Python's Life of Brian and Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator.

* Chaplin's Girl: The Life and Loves of Virginia Cherrill ( 2009 )

" Such hyperbole is somewhat disingenuous ; in 1915, Chaplin had begun work on Life, his first feature-length comedy, but the studio had stepped in and stopped the production as Chaplin was taking too long — what they really needed was one-reel subjects to fill then voracious public demand for Chaplin's work.

They sued again after World War II ( considered revenge for Chaplin's later anti-Nazi statements in The Great Dictator ).

The film and its dark themes were ill-suited to the American political and cultural climate of the time ( less than two years after World War II ended ), and Chaplin's popularity and public image had been irrevocably damaged by multiple scandals and political controversies prior to its release.

The pack called " Entertainers ' Tale " was-19p: Freddie Mercury ( photo, Mercury's Magic / P Blake ); 26p: Bobby Moore ( artwork, World Cup / M White ); 44p: Dalek ( photo, Doctor Who / Lord Snowdon ) and 64p: Charlie Chaplin ( artwork, Chaplin's Genius / Ralph Steadman ).

The years before World War II cover Chaplin's birth into a large working-class family, his early love of drawing, the accident which left him with only one eye, and his apprenticeship in a large printing works.

Nevertheless, Chaplin's own response was swift ; a telegram from Chaplin published in the August 11, 1918 issue of Moving Picture World reads, " THIS IS NOT A NEW CHAPLIN BUT FROM THE ADVERTISING

The child was taken by Dryden at six months old, and did not re-enter Chaplin's life for 30 years.

Chaplin's first stage appearance came at five years old, when he took over from his mother one night in Aldershot.

When Chaplin's contract came up for renewal at the end of the year, he asked for $ 1, 000 a week.

Eager to end the case without further scandal, Chaplin's lawyers agreed to a cash settlement of $ 600, 000 — the largest awarded by American courts at that time.

It earned less at the box office than his previous features and received mixed reviews ; some viewers were displeased with Chaplin's politicising.

Today, the film is seen by the British Film Institute as one of Chaplin's " great features ", while David Robinson says it shows the star at " his unrivalled peak as a creator of visual comedy.

" Chaplin's early years in music hall allowed him to see stage comedians at work ; he also attended the Christmas pantomimes at Drury Lane, where he studied the art of clowning.

The concept of mixing pathos with comedy was likely learnt from Karno: Stan Laurel, Chaplin's co-performer at the company, remembered that Karno's sketches regularly inserted " a bit of sentiment right in the middle of a funny music hall turn ".

Chaplin's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Blvd.

Although the film had originally been released in 1952, due to Chaplin's political difficulties at the time, it did not play for one week in Los Angeles, and thus did not meet the criterion for nomination until it was re-released in 1972.

* The Charlie Chaplin Archive Online catalogue of Chaplin's professional and personal archives at the Cineteca di Bologna, Italy

* Chaplin's file at the Federal Bureau of Investigation website

As Hitler and his Nazi Party rose to prominence, Chaplin's popularity throughout the world became greater than ever ; he was mobbed by fans on a 1931 trip to Berlin, which annoyed the Nazis, who published a book in 1934 titled The Jews Are Looking at You, in which the comedian was described as " a disgusting Jewish acrobat " ( despite the fact that Chaplin was not Jewish ).

This speech is reminiscent of Charlie Chaplin's monologue at the end of The Great Dictator.

On August 28, 1928 Chaplin's mother Hannah Chaplin died at the age of 63.

The final film was shot on the backlot and stages at Chaplin's Hollywood studio, where elaborate Klondike sets were constructed.

A major fire broke out at Chaplin's studios in September, delaying production for a month.

Chaplin's stock company at Essanay included Ben Turpin, who disliked working with the meticulous Chaplin and only appeared with him in a couple of films ; ingenue Edna Purviance, who became his off-screen sweetheart as well ; Leo White, almost always playing a fussy continental villain ; and all-purpose authority figures Bud Jamison and John Rand.

For example, Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times was shot at " silent speed " ( 18 fps ) but projected at " sound speed " ( 24 fps ), which makes the slapstick action appear even more frenetic.

Welles later expressed regret at his only being credited with the idea, since he maintained that most of the final film was a verbatim copy of his script, with Chaplin's only major writing contribution being the gallows scenes.