E. C. Segar's 1916 comic strip " Charlie Chaplin's Comedy Capers " is an early example.

An early notable war film is Charlie Chaplin's Shoulder Arms made in 1918.

( Reliable box office figures for certain early films such as Birth of a Nation and Charlie Chaplin's comedies are unavailable.

Set designer Danny Hall sketched out Chaplin's early ideas for the film, with Chaplin returning to one of his older films, The Vagabond ( 1916 ), and drawing upon similar story ideas and themes for The Circus.

Some of Chaplin's early artwork was done for the International Socialist Review and other Charles H. Kerr publications.

The pie fight scene paid homage to the early Mack Sennett practice of using a single thrown pie as comedic punctuation, but to a greater degree it was a celebration of classic movie pie fights such as Charlie Chaplin's Behind the Screen ( 1916 ), The Battle of the Century ( 1927 ) starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, and The Three Stooges ' In the Sweet Pie and Pie from 1941.

She was the leading lady in many of Charlie Chaplin's early films and in a span of eight years, she appeared in over thirty films with him.

There is an oblique reference to Unthan in the dialogue of Charles Chaplin's film Limelight, which takes place in the early twentieth century while Unthan was still performing.

* Mutual Film, early American motion picture conglomerate, the producers of some of Charlie Chaplin's greatest comedies

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.

There doesn't appear to be any evidence that this film was received any differently from the bulk of Chaplin's early work, but today this film is often considered one of his most fascinating efforts.

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.

They were married until Chaplin's death ; Oona survived him fourteen years, and died from pancreatic cancer in 1991.

On his father's final years and death, Chaplin's son Eugene stated in a 2002 interview that " Up to the age of 85 he was in really good health.

Chaplin's years with the Fred Karno company had a formative effect on him as an actor and filmmaker ; Simon Louvish writes that the company was his " training ground ".

Chaplin's film followed only a few months after Hollywood's first parody of Hitler, the short subject You Nazty Spy by the Three Stooges, although Chaplin had been planning it for years before.

Charlie ( who reveals his full name to be Charlie Chaplin, another anachronism because the movie is actually set 2 years prior to Chaplin's birth ) breaks them out, and they go to Queen Victoria's Jubilee Ball, where the Royal Family will be.

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.

In the film, " Max " falls about and does a rendition of " the windmill routine " by spinning his cane around that predates Charlie Chaplin's version in The Rink by nine years.

In addition to his importance in launching and promoting brother Charlie's career over the years, perhaps Chaplin's most important contribution to history is in the field of aviation.

At the time of his birth, Chaplin's parents were both entertainers in the music hall tradition: Hannah, the daughter of a shoemaker, had a brief and unsuccessful career under the stage name Lily Harley, while Charles Sr., a butcher's son, worked as a popular singer.

Chaplin's speciality with the company was a burlesque of Dick Turpin and the music hall star " Dr. Bodie ".

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 ".

Although some of Chaplin's critics have claimed that credit for his film music should be given to the composers who worked with him, for example Raksin, who worked with Chaplin on Modern Times, has stressed Chaplin's creative position and active participation in the composing process.

James L. Neibaur has noted that among the many parallels that Chaplin noted between his own life and Hitler's was an affinity for Wagner's music, and Chaplin's general fondness for Wagner has also been noted in studies of Chaplin's overall use of film music.

Chaplin's recollections begin with his childhood of extreme poverty, from which he escapes by immersing himself in the world of the London music halls, after which he relocates to the United States.

* Charlie Chaplin's 1952 film Limelight, set in 1914 London, evokes the music hall world of Chaplin's youth where he performed as comedian before he achieved worldwide celebrity as a film star in America.

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 ).

The British music hall nurtured him, and for some time, he acted as Chaplin's understudy.

Many DVD releases, including Ben-Hur ( 1925 ), The Phantom of the Opera ( 1925 ), Safety Last ( 1923 ), DeMille's The Godless Girl ( 1928 ), Chaplin's City Lights ( 1931 ) ( re-orchestrated by Davis based on Chaplin's and Padilla's original written score ) and Erich von Stroheim's Greed ( 1924 ), use Davis's music.

Making a comedy about Hitler was seen as highly controversial, but Chaplin's financial independence allowed him to take the risk.

Chaplin's brief involvement with Barry caused him much trouble and controversy.

" Avedon interrupted his production commitments to take Chaplin's portrait the next day, and never saw him again.

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.

The honour had already been proposed in 1931 and 1956, but was vetoed after a Foreign Office report raised concerns over Chaplin's political views and private life ; it was felt that honouring him would damage both the reputation of the British honours system and relations with the United States.

The Academy no longer lists Chaplin's nominations in their official list of nominees, although most unofficial lists of nominations include him.

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.

The breakaway group felt that he was no longer relevant, and they turned Isou's own words back against him: " We appreciated the importance of Chaplin's work in its own time, but we know that today novelty lies elsewhere, and ' truths which no longer entertain become lies ' ( Isou ).

“ What makes Modern Times decidedly different from Chaplin's previous three films are the political references and social realism that keep intruding into Charlie's world .” “ No comedian before or after him has spent more energy depicting people in their working lives .” “ Though there had been films depicting the lives of immigrants and urban workers, no filmmaker before Chaplin had created their experience so humanly and lovingly .”

She played a role in starting Chaplin's film career and acted as his leading lady and mentor in a number of films, sometimes co-writing and / or co-directing films with him.

Elliott can be seen visiting Charlie Chaplin's studios in 1918 and cavorting with him and her entourage before Chaplin's cameras.

Sennett's style of " pie in the face " comedy is different from Chaplin's slower, more deliberate style, and when Charlie tries to assert his ideas, Sennett gives him some strong advice (" Less It Ends With a Chase ").

Vernon walked up to Chaplin's table, and as he started to introduce himself, Chaplin interrupted him, saying, " Yes, Jackie Vernon.

When Langdon had such good directors guiding him, he produced work that rivaled Charlie Chaplin's, Harold Lloyd's, and Buster Keaton's.