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.

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.

Charlie Chaplin's son Charles Chaplin, Jr. describes how his father was haunted by the similar backgrounds of Hitler and himself.

In Switzerland, Dorian spent time with Charlie Chaplin's large family before giving birth to her son Kim Blas Parker on September 27, 1955.

Many of the Chaplin biographers have attributed the relationship portrayed in the film to have resulted from the death of Chaplin's firstborn infant son just before production began.

For Sydney Chaplin's nephew, son of Charlie Chaplin, see Sydney Chaplin ( actor ).

He is the second child and eldest son from Charlie Chaplin's fourth and final marriage to Oona O ' Neill.

The documentary also includes interviews with Chaplin's second wife Lita Grey, his son Sydney Chaplin, and his surviving co-stars Jackie Coogan, Dean Riesner, Georgia Hale, and Virginia Cherrill.

Chaplin's half-brother Sydney Chaplin directed and starred in a 1921 film called King, Queen, Joker in which, like Charlie, he played the dual role of a barber and ruler of a country who is about to be overthrown.

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.

She had no children from any of her marriages, though she was the first step-mother to Charlie Chaplin's sons Charles Chaplin, Jr. and Sydney Chaplin whose mother was Lita Grey.

* Sydney Chaplin: Charlie Chaplin's Brother

His mother was Charlie Chaplin's second wife, American Lita Grey, and he was the elder brother of actor Sydney Chaplin.

It co-starred Edna Purviance and Sydney Chaplin, Chaplin's brother.

Sydney Chaplin ( Chaplin's brother ) had a small role in this film ; this was the first time the two brothers were on screen together.

This was already noted by Chaplin's contemporaries, such as Sigmund Freud, who thought that Chaplin " always plays only himself as he was in his dismal youth ", and by some of his collaborators, such as actress Claire Bloom, who starred in Limelight.

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.

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 plot was abandoned almost immediately, before Chaplin's character was introduced, the documentary states, and Chaplin began again, with a story, still set in a cafe, about a man who has never been in a restaurant before displaying terrible table manners before meeting a lovely girl ( Purviance ) and shaping up.

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.

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.

This joke may have its origins in Charlie Chaplin, who once did enter a look-alike contest and is often reported to have also come in third, although Chaplin's actual ranking in the contest is not known.

Chaplin tended to work with a repertory company of actors who performed exclusively in Chaplin's films.

The Bad Boy was released on February 18, and featured Robert Harron, Richard Cummings, Josephine Crowell, and Mildred Harris ( who would later become Charles Chaplin's first wife ).

After production was completed in 1920, the film was caught up in the divorce actions of Chaplin's first wife Mildred Harris, who sought to attach Chaplin's assets.

Lita Grey, who portrays a angel in the film, was Chaplin's second wife from 1924 to 1927.

In a cataclysmic scene, Shadov accidentally directs a strong stream of water from a fire hose at the members of HUAC, who scatter in panic-a bit of fulfilment, considering Chaplin's own bitter experience with that body.

Edith was the sister of Hetty Kelly, who was Charlie Chaplin's first true love.

Kennedy was brought to the attention of Chaplin by her friend Lita Grey, who became Chaplin's second wife in 1924.

"' The fool's funny ,' was the chuckling observation of one of those who saw Charlie Chaplin's new film.

Chaplin's first major project after A King in New York, his memoirs My Autobiography ( 1964 ), also became a bestseller despite receiving mixed reviews.

" 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.

Although most of Chaplin's films are characterised as comedies, most of them also employ strong elements of drama and even tragedy.

Some scholars, such as Constance B. Kuriyama, have also identified more serious underlying themes, such as greed ( The Gold Rush ) or loss ( The Kid ), in Chaplin's comedies.

Partly due to Chaplin's complete control over the production of his films, Stephen M. Weissman has also seen them as containing autobiographical elements.

Weissman has also argued that Chaplin's problematic relationship to his mentally ill mother was often reflected on the female characters in his films and the Tramp's desire to save them.

* John Woo directed a parody film of Chaplin's " The Kid " called Hua ji shi dai ( 1981 ), also known as " Laughing Times.

Since 2011 the town has also been host to the annual Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival, which was founded to celebrate Chaplin's legacy and to showcase new comic talent.

Richard Attenborough directed a film on Chaplin's life, Chaplin ( 1992 ), which starred Robert Downey, Jr. as Chaplin and also included Chaplin's oldest daughter Geraldine Chaplin playing his mother, Hannah Chaplin.

He also had a supporting part as a TV advertisement producer in Charlie Chaplin's A King in New York ( 1957 ) and played Master Henry in Outlaw Money an episode of The Adventures of Robin Hood.

The film was also popular in the United Kingdom, drawing 9 million to the cinemas, despite Chaplin's fears that wartime audiences would dislike a comedy about a dictator.

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.

Weissman also compared many of the film's sets with locations from Chaplin's real childhood such as the statue in the opening scene resembling St. Mark's Church on Kennington Park Road and Chaplin referring to the waterfront set as the Thames Embarkment.

Chaplin's version is also known as The Nonsense Song, as his character has to sing it in gibberish ( due to losing the shirt cuff on which the lyrics were written, and thus having to make up the lyrics on the spot ).

He was also assistant director to Charlie Chaplin on Chaplin's film Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947 ).

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.

Chaplin's social commentary, while critical of the faults and excesses created by the capitalist system, also shows support and belief in the “ American Dream ”.

Upon seeing Jeanne also working in the factory, Émile becomes absent minded, causing great consternation and humor on the assembly line ( This scene at the assembly line was probably the inspiration for the opening scene of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times -- see below.

Austin is also seen very briefly ( as a cab driver ) at the beginning of Chaplin's short film One A. M ..

The portrayal of poverty and the cruelty of welfare workers are also directly reminiscent of Chaplin's own childhood in London.