Charlie Chaplin: An Overview of His Life and Contributions to Performing Arts
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CHAPLIN AN OVERVIEW
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CHAPLIN AN OVERVIEW
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1CHAPLIN AN OVERVIEW
The paper will introduce Charlie Chaplin as a creative person in the field of performing arts and
analyze his contribution to the community and to the society as a whole along with his struggles
and conflicts that he went through in order to deliver his craft of comedy and entertain people
through his creative humor. The paper will also look into the making of this great artist and
create an analyses of his contribution to the world of fine arts and cinema through his genre of
comic expression,the necessary elements that shaped his life and the way he responded to it and
achieved his goal. The essay will also try to understand the impact that he had left with his work
in the world (Charlie Chaplin: Official Site).
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16th April, 1889 and was an English comic actor, who
delivered excellent expression on screen and is regarded as the greatest entertainer of all times.
Charles Spencer Chaplin had been an actor, but was not restricted to acting only. He was a music
composer, a director and a producer at the same time. He believed that his creativity would be
curtailed if he could not produce his own films. He had brought about a revolution in the era of
silent films, which brought him to limelight at a very early age (McCabe 1978).
Chaplin had experienced a rough childhood with the early death of his father and subsequently
his mother in later years. Both of his parents had been impressive actors and versatile vocalists.
Chaplin had a severe adversity during his childhood years and which probably shaped the story
of Chaplin’s life in a more intriguing way. Chaplin spent his early childhood in London and he
was separated from his mother owing to her financial condition and Chaplin was sent to Central
London District School for Paupers. He lost his mother in 1928 and had already started his
career as an actor in a production of Sherlock Holmes. In 1910 he travelled to the United States
with the Fred Karno Repertoire Company. He made his debut as a member of a Yong troupe
The paper will introduce Charlie Chaplin as a creative person in the field of performing arts and
analyze his contribution to the community and to the society as a whole along with his struggles
and conflicts that he went through in order to deliver his craft of comedy and entertain people
through his creative humor. The paper will also look into the making of this great artist and
create an analyses of his contribution to the world of fine arts and cinema through his genre of
comic expression,the necessary elements that shaped his life and the way he responded to it and
achieved his goal. The essay will also try to understand the impact that he had left with his work
in the world (Charlie Chaplin: Official Site).
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16th April, 1889 and was an English comic actor, who
delivered excellent expression on screen and is regarded as the greatest entertainer of all times.
Charles Spencer Chaplin had been an actor, but was not restricted to acting only. He was a music
composer, a director and a producer at the same time. He believed that his creativity would be
curtailed if he could not produce his own films. He had brought about a revolution in the era of
silent films, which brought him to limelight at a very early age (McCabe 1978).
Chaplin had experienced a rough childhood with the early death of his father and subsequently
his mother in later years. Both of his parents had been impressive actors and versatile vocalists.
Chaplin had a severe adversity during his childhood years and which probably shaped the story
of Chaplin’s life in a more intriguing way. Chaplin spent his early childhood in London and he
was separated from his mother owing to her financial condition and Chaplin was sent to Central
London District School for Paupers. He lost his mother in 1928 and had already started his
career as an actor in a production of Sherlock Holmes. In 1910 he travelled to the United States
with the Fred Karno Repertoire Company. He made his debut as a member of a Yong troupe
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