Is Chaplin a master of comedy?

Starting in 1919, Chaplin made independent films. Since then, he has starred in more than 80 comedies throughout his life. Among them, the famous films in film history include "The Gold Rush", "City Lights", "Modern Times", "The Great Dictator", "Monsieur Verdoux", "Stage Career", etc. These films reflect Chaplin's journey from an ordinary humanitarian to a great master of critical realism. With his superb performing arts, Chaplin expressed deep sympathy for the lower-class workers, made bitter satire on the shortcomings of capitalist society, and ruthlessly flogged the fascist leader Hitler. In 1952, he was persecuted by McCarthyism and was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland. While in Switzerland, he filmed the film "A King in New York," a scathing satire of McCarthyism. In 1972, the United States solemnly invited Chaplin back to Hollywood and awarded him the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award, saying that he had "made immeasurable contributions to film art in this century." "City Lights"

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Personal pictures (7 photos) The most outstanding character is a tramp on the outside, but on the inside he is a gentleman and wears a narrow t-shirt dress, oversized trousers and shoes, wearing a bowler hat, holding a bamboo cane and sporting a mustache. Chaplin was one of the most talented and influential figures of the silent film period. He writes, directs, acts in and distributes his own films. His career spanned more than 70 years in the entertainment industry, from his debut as a child actor in the UK's major theaters to his death at the age of 88. From his childhood in Dickensian London to his rise to the top of the world's film industry, Chaplin's life was one of the most compelling figures of the 20th century, and he became a cultural icon in his own right. His private and public life was more or less highly praised by some and harshly criticized by others.

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"The Great Dictator"

In 1889, Chaplin was born into an acting family in south London, England. It's an artist. His parents separated when he was very young, and Charlie and his half-brother Sydney Chaplin lived with their mother. In 1896 his mother lost her job and the two brothers were sent to a juvenile reformatory in Lambeth, London. A few weeks later they were sent to a school for orphans. When Chaplin was 12 and a half years old, his father died of alcoholism and his mother became mentally ill and was eventually sent to a mental hospital. At the time, Sydney and Charlie didn't know that they had a half-brother who was raised by their father and later worked with Charlie Chaplin in a Hollywood studio. In 1920, Charlie Chaplin brought his mother to the United States. In 1928, his mother died in Hollywood. Because his father died young at the age of 37 and his mother suffered from mental illness, the young Chaplin was sent to a school for poor orphans. Seven years later, he left the orphan school and became a street child. He worked as a newsboy, a grocer's boy, a toy vendor, a doctor's servant, a glass blower, and a sweeper at an amusement park. The poor life in his early years inspired him to later create the Tramp; the mustache, thin cane, large trousers and leather shoes, and crooked formal evening clothes allude to the majestic adult in the innocent imagination of children, intending to use a The image of innocence re-creates a representative of the lower class. At the age of 17, Chaplin entered the then-famous Carnot Theater Company. Here, Chaplin met Carnot, a mentor who benefited him throughout his life. It was Carnot who brought Chaplin into the highest ranks of comedy.

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"Monsieur Verdoux (The Age of Murderer)"

In 1894, when Chaplin was five years old, he was in a club in London Performed on stage for the first time in place of his mother (whose voice suddenly became hoarse). He had been seriously ill once when he was a child, and he lay in bed for several weeks. At night, his mother would act out to him at the window what was happening outside. In 1900 his brother cast him in the role of a dramatic cat in the pantomime Cinderella at the London Hippodrome. In 1903 he was offered a new role, and shortly afterwards he had his first official role, playing a newsboy in Sherlock Holmes. He played this role until 1906. He then worked in a circus troupe and the following year played a clown in Fred Karno's comedy troupe.

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According to U.S. immigration records, Charlie Chaplin entered the United States with the Carnot Mime Troupe on October 2, 1912. At that time, Carnot's pantomime troupe also included Stan Laurel, and Chaplin and Laurel shared a room in the hotel. Laurel later returned to England, while Chaplin remained in the United States. Chaplin was hired by film director Mike Senat after seeing his performance. There Chaplin collaborated with comedian Mabel Normand. From 1914 to 1923, Chaplin shot a large number of short films and became a world-famous comedian with his superb pantomime skills and perfect screen image - in fact, he can be said to be the first world star. Chaplin formed his own film company so that he could control his own films. With the Carnot Theater Company, Chaplin had many opportunities to tour, and he really hoped to go to the United States.

In 1912, Chaplin's dream came true. His performance in the United States was so sensational that it aroused the interest of American film producers. In the most lonely and lonely period, the turning point in his life slowly came. At that time, Senat, the boss of Qistong Company, took a liking to this young man from a foreign country at first sight, and Chaplin began his long-awaited life as an actor. "Modern Times"

Chaplin played a variety of roles in Keystone, most of which were vicious, frivolous, undisciplined, cunning and ugly. These characters fit Keystone's "ideal" but were incompatible with Chaplin's unique comedy approach. Chaplin once said: I don't like my early films very much because it was difficult for me to control myself in these films. One or two pieces of cream cake flying into people's faces may be a bit funny, but if the entire comedy relies solely on this method, the film will soon become monotonous and boring. Perhaps I have not always been able to carry out my intentions, but I am a thousand times more likely to win laughter by a playful gesture than by vulgarity and vulgarity. Based on his true artist nature, Chaplin became more and more aware of the special significance of humor to the foundation of life. He began to break away from his early comic films and gradually combined serious themes with the traditional techniques of comedy very skillfully.

Promotional pictures (18 photos) Occupying a special place among Chaplin's satirical films about reality is his 1918 film "A Dog's Life". In this film, reflection replaces laughter, and melancholy replaces mockery. Through this film, he gave up the abuse of vulgar taste and replaced purely physiological laughter with thought-provoking laughter; he replaced laughter with sympathetic smiles. "Immortal Wanderer" Charlot, who lived on the street and was humiliated everywhere, when he walked out of the employment agency in embarrassment after hitting a wall, he saw several dogs at the door fighting for a bone. This poignant stroke is a true portrayal of cruel life, and also a true portrayal of Chaplin in his childhood. On January 21, 1918, Chaplin's own studio was officially opened. On this day, he happily put on the world-famous Charlot leather shoes and left a footprint on the wet cement floor. Chaplin tried to reflect the characteristics of the times through his movies. He said that when creating comedy, the tragic elements often arouse the psychology of ridicule, and ridicule is a kind of resistance. The economic crisis that started in the United States in 1929 quickly swept across the entire capitalist world. "City Lights" filmed at this time depicts Charlo falling in love with a blind girl who sells flowers, but the blind girl mistakenly thinks that he is a millionaire. In order to save money for the flower girl's medical treatment, Charlo went through all kinds of hardships to get a sum of money. After the flower girl's eyes were cured, she realized that her benefactor turned out to be a poor beggar. "The Gold Rush"

A film that raises more poignant and profound questions is "Modern Times." In pursuit of profits, greedy capitalists have increased workers' labor intensity without regard for workers' lives, and even invented "eating machines" in a whimsical way, even taking workers' short lunch breaks. Because Charlo worked beside the conveyor belt all day long, mechanically repeating the monotonous work of tightening screws, he suffered a nervous breakdown and was sent to the hospital. However, when the disease was cured, he was unemployed. This film is not only profound in its ideological content, but also superb in its acting skills. "Monsieur Verdoux", which condemns warmongers and arms dealers, describes Verdoux, a young bank clerk who worked loyally for twenty years and was exploited. He was kicked out of the bank during an economic crisis and was forced to leave in order to support his family. On the road to crime. Verdoux was arrested for the murder and sentenced to death. He said: "If you kill one person, you call him a criminal; if you kill millions of people, you call him a hero. In this world, as long as you have power, you can achieve success..." For this reason, the U.S. government launched a campaign against Chaplin. of persecution. "Monsieur Verdoux" was banned in many major cities in the United States. In December 1947, Chaplin published an article in a Paris newspaper entitled "I declare war on Hollywood", complaining to the world about the persecution he suffered. In September 1952, Chaplin prepared to travel to Europe for half a year in order to participate in the premiere of "A Stage Life" held in various European countries. He took his family with him, and as the ship crossed the Atlantic, the radio broadcast a statement from the U.S. government's Department of Justice stating that the government would deny Chaplin re-entry. When the ship was anchored in France, Chaplin spoke to more than a hundred reporters. He said: "I believe in freedom. This is all my political views... I am a human being. This is my nature." He also said: "I don't want to create a revolution, I just want to make some movies." "Stage Career"

At the beginning of 1953, Ona returned to the United States on behalf of her husband to attend the United Artists Board of Directors and sold Chaplin in the United States. All his property and his manuscripts, films and other precious materials were shipped to Switzerland. From then on Chaplin made up his mind never to return to the United States. From then on, he settled down in the beautiful town of Vevey on the north shore of Lake Geneva. After settling in Switzerland, Chaplin began writing his memoirs. In the late 1950s, he completed the 400,000-word "My Autobiography", in which he recalled his hard-working life with amazing memories. The advent of the 1960s and the Vietnam War changed Chaplin's destiny in the United States again. In 1963, he organized his own film festival in New York. In 1972, he accepted the Academy Award for Special Achievement from the American Film Institute to the loudest and longest standing ovation in Oscar history.

During a visit to the United States in 1972, the 83-year-old Chaplin said that he had long given up his radical political ideas. On December 25, 1977, the world's outstanding comedy master passed away at the age of 88.