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How did Chaplin start his comedy performance?

Charlie Chaplin was born in April 1889 in a poor comedian family in London, England, and his childhood was extremely difficult. At the age of five, Chaplin took the stage and eventually became the greatest comedian and outstanding film artist of our time. Chaplin created more than 80 films in his life. He is the screenwriter, general director, main actor and editing director of his own films on most occasions. With the appearance of talking movies, he became the composer of his own movies. This is a miracle that has never been seen in the history of movies. With superhuman talent and profound knowledge, this man with almost no formal school education solved all the problems he encountered in the process of filming, thus making his films unique and achieving a high degree of unity, exquisiteness and integrity.

When Chaplin 19 12 toured the United States with the troupe via new york, he was spotted by the Senate, the father of American comedy movies, and signed with him to go to Hollywood. After arriving at Keystone Company in Sainat, Hollywood, Chaplin's first film "Making a living" didn't give the audience any enlightenment about the upcoming tramp. When filming the second film, the company informed him that there was a car race in Los Angeles, and asked him to try to dress up funny and play a photographer who filmed the film on the spot. After receiving the notice, Chaplin quickly rushed to the dressing room and grabbed the clown's fat pants and his wig beard. This is the famous "Pange". Broken leather shoes were found in the corner of the dressing room, and the size was obviously too large. Top hat, crutches and coat that is too narrow were also picked up that morning. During the filming, Chaplin remembered the funny dance steps of an old street vendor in London walking sideways and instinctively borrowed them. All this is not out of careful design in advance, it should be said that it is accidental, but unconsciously created an immortal tramp image.

After Chaplin filmed about five comedies in Keystone Company, he felt that these comedies could not show his understanding of humor, so he asked to write, direct and act a comedy. The film is called Rain, which is very funny and sells well after it is released. After that, Chaplin directed, performed and edited all his comedies. Since then, as long as Keystone's advertisement appears on the film, the audience is in turmoil and excitement. As soon as Chaplin appeared in the film, the audience gave a hearty laugh.

After the contract expired, Chaplin went to Essene Company, new york Mutual Company and First National Film Company. When he signed with the First National Film Company, Chaplin was 29 years old and already a millionaire. Chaplin filmed the life of a world-famous dog here, joining the army, looking for fairies and so on. The story of finding a son and meeting a fairy was rated as a first-class work of art. By this time, Chaplin had become popular in the United States and the whole world was crazy about him.

In the long-term filming process, Chaplin began to discover the profound significance of the tramp image he had inadvertently created. Since the establishment of Stone Company, the image of tramp is no longer a simple beating and making a fool of itself, but more and more shows deep feelings, and more and more has the tragic color of "nobody" that can be seen everywhere in real life. When watching Chaplin's tramp movie, the audience found that their laughter was suddenly choked with tears several times.

From 19 19, Chaplin started to raise funds to build a factory, becoming the first real independent filmmakers in Hollywood. From the 1920s to the 1940s, Chaplin created the most outstanding works in his life, such as The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times and The Great Dictator.

As we all know, Chaplin has been married many times in his life, and there are many other women, but Chaplin gave all his love to his last wife, Una. Una is the daughter of Nobel Prize in Literature winner and famous playwright Eugene O 'Neill. This noble woman was only 18 years old when she married Chaplin, 54. They lived together for more than 30 years, and she gave birth to seven children for Chaplin. Chaplin wrote after Una married him: "We started the happiest life made in heaven, and I just want to give everything to her without reservation." On February 24th, when Chaplin died on Christmas Eve, You Na and his seven children were with him.