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​​ ** CHARLIE CHAPLIN ** In London 1899 on April 16 the newest film protégé was born. [1] His parents were music hall entertainers which gave him exposure to theatre and entertainment at a very young age, his first performance at age five when he filled in for his mother when she became sick and unable to sing. [2] His father left at a young age and his mother was put into an insane asylum at age six. This rough childhood gave him an early start to his career as he and his brother Sydney struggled to make a living at the Lambeth Workhouse in 1895. [3] His first professional performance was at age eight in the juvenile production of “The Eight Lancashire Lads”. [4] At 14 he was in his first legitimate show “Sherlock Holmes” as a page boy “Billy” and then began his vaudeville career in 1910 with the Fred Karno Repertoire Company and ended up in the United States. [5] In 1912 Chaplin starred in “A Night in an English Music Hall” and was offered a film contract in the fall when the Fred Karno troupe returned to the US. [6] Chaplin accepted a contract with Mack Sennet and the Keystone Film Company. [7] There he was in his first film “Making a Living” in 1914 and made 35 more films that year. [8] He soon moved to work with the Essanay Company after his contract with Sennet ended in 1915. [9] The next year he sighed on with the Mutual Film Corporation and starred in 12 two reel comedies. [10] But in 1918 he and his brother Sydney opened a studio in Los Angelos and Chaplin wrote, produced, directed and acted in the rest of his films. [11] His first film for the UA( the United Artists, a joint production group he joined when his studio opened) was “A Woman in Paris” in 1923 after he fulfilled a contract and his first full length feature film “The Kid”, inspired by the loss of his 3 day old son, at First National Exhibitors’ Circuit. [12] Chaplin’s famous Little Tramp came to be in 1913 during the early time with Sennet. [13] As Chaplin was watching Sennet direct he ordered him to get into costume and come on set. Chaplin had only a few minutes to create a comedian character. [14] What resulted was the loved Little Tramp, a hobo trying to remain a gentleman. [15] Dressed in the tiny bowler hat, oversized and switched shoes, baggy pants, ill fitted jacket, and a small thin cane, this rushed creation made Chaplin famous and remained the character he played in almost all of his films. [16] Chaplin received 5 academy award nominations for best actor, best picture, and best writing for The Great Dictactor, Monsieur Verdoux, and the Circus. [17] In 1928 he received an Honorary Oscar for “versatility and genis in acting, writing, directing, and producing The Circus and another in 1971 for “the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of the century”. [18] His last film was “A Countess for Hong Kong” for Universal Pictures and was his only film in color. [19] In 1952 when Chaplin returned form England he was not allowed into the US because he had been blacklisted during the McCarthy trials for some of his political films such as The Dictator. [20] "My prodigious sin was, and still is, being a non-conformist. Although I am not a Communist I refused to fall in line by hating them," he wrote in his biography, and so he lived in Switzerland in exile from the United States but continued releasing films. Charles Spencer Chaplin, known as Charlie Chaplin and the Little Tramp died in Switzerland on Christmas Day 1977, the father of nine children. [21]

[1] "Charlie Chaplain." // Spartacus Educational - Home Page //. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[]>. [2] Stephan, Ed. "Charles Chaplin - Biography." // The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) //. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. [] [3] Stephan, Ed. "Charles Chaplin - Biography." // The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) //. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[] [4] "Charlie Chaplin : Overview of His Life." // Charlie Chaplin : Official Website //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[]>. [5] "Charlie Chaplin : Overview of His Life." // Charlie Chaplin : Official Website //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[]>. [6] "Charlie Chaplin : Overview of His Life." // Charlie Chaplin : Official Website //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[]>. [7] Aberdeen, J. A.. "Charlie Chaplin: Hollywood Renegade." // Welcome to Cobbles.com //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[]>. [8]  Stephan, Ed. "Charles Chaplin - Biography." // The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) //. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. [] [9] Aberdeen, J. A.. "Charlie Chaplin: Hollywood Renegade." // Welcome to Cobbles.com //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[]>. [10] "Charlie Chaplin : Overview of His Life." // Charlie Chaplin : Official Website //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[]>. [11] Aberdeen, J. A.. "Charlie Chaplin: Hollywood Renegade." // Welcome to Cobbles.com //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[]>. [12] "Charlie Chaplin : Overview of His Life." // Charlie Chaplin : Official Website //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[]>. [13] Turk, Ruth. // Charlie Chaplin: Genius of the Silent Screen (Lerner Biographies) //. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1999. Print. [14] Turk, Ruth. // Charlie Chaplin: Genius of the Silent Screen (Lerner Biographies) //. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1999. Print. [15] Turk, Ruth. // Charlie Chaplin: Genius of the Silent Screen (Lerner Biographies) //. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1999. Print. [16] Turk, Ruth. // Charlie Chaplin: Genius of the Silent Screen (Lerner Biographies) //. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1999. Print. [17] "Charlie Chaplin at Reel Classics: Academy Awards." // Reel Classics: Elizabeth's Classic Movie Homepage //. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[]>. [18] "Charlie Chaplin at Reel Classics: Academy Awards." // Reel Classics: Elizabeth's Classic Movie Homepage //. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[]>. [19] "Charlie Chaplin : Overview of His Life." // Charlie Chaplin : Official Website //. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. <[]>. [20] "Charlie Chaplain." // Spartacus Educational - Home Page //. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[]>. [21] "Charlie Chaplain." // Spartacus Educational - Home Page //. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[]>.

Charlie Chaplain WHAT I KNOW An actor and director who filmed in black and white and directed some of the films he acted in. QUESTIONS **Birth and death** -"Charlie Chaplin was born in [|London] on 16th April, 1889." -"Charles Chaplin died in Switzerland on 25th December, 1977." "Charlie Chaplain." //Spartacus Educational - Home Page//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[]>.

**Start of career** -"His first stage appearance, at age five, was singing a song in place of his mother who had become ill. At eight he toured in a musical, "The Eight Lancaster Lads". Nearly 11, he appeared in "Giddy Ostende" at London's Hippodrome." Stephan, Ed. "Charles Chaplin - Biography." //The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. [] -"When he was sixteen Chaplin won the part of Billy in a West End production of // Sherlock Holmes // . He later joined Fred Karno's music hall revue. While touring the United States in 1913 Chaplin was discovered by the fil m producer  Mack Sennett. Over the next couple of years Chaplin made a series of short slapstick films for Sennett's Keystone Company." "Charlie Chaplain." //Spartacus Educational - Home Page//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[]>.

**First work and the one that made him famous -"**His first movie, [|Making a Living] (1914), premiered in February of 1914. He made 35 films that year" ([]) Stephan, Ed. "Charles Chaplin - Biography." //The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122 -"**His first full-length film was [|The Kid](1921); his first for UA, which he produced and directed himself, was A Woman of Paris: A Drama of Fate" Stephan, Ed. "Charles Chaplin - Biography." //The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. []
 * First directed film and film he directed/acted in

-"His father, Charles Chaplin, deserted the family and eventually died of alcoholism. His mother, Hannah Chaplin, found it increasingly difficult to find work on the stage and in 1895 the family entered the [|Lambeth Workhouse]. Later, Charlie's mother had a mental breakdown and was sent to the Cane Hill Lunatic Asylum." Stephan, Ed. "Charles Chaplin - Biography." //The Internet Movie Database (IMDb)//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[] -5 acadamy award nominations for best actor, picture, and writings for the films The Great Dictator, Monsieur Verdoux, and The Circus -Honorary Oscar for "the incalcuable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of the century" (1971) -Honorary Ocsar for "versatility and genius in acting, writing, directing, and producing The Circus" (1928) "Charlie Chaplin at Reel Classics: Academy Awards." //Reel Classics: Elizabeth's Classic Movie Homepage//. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 May 2010. <[]>.
 * Family life**
 * Awards and recognition**

Aberdeen, J. A.. "Charlie Chaplin: Hollywood Renegade." //Welcome to Cobbles.com//. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. .

"Charlie Chaplin : Overview of His Life." //Charlie Chaplin : Official Website//. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 May 2010. [].

Turk, Ruth. //Charlie Chaplin: Genius of the Silent Screen (Lerner Biographies)//. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications, 1999. Print.

RESEARCH STRATEGIES
 * who?** my dad, databases, books
 * what?** computer, his movies
 * when?** during class and at home
 * where?** the computer, libary, home
 * how?** identify key questions

You need to see Mrs. Cato or Mrs. Brem to determine your approved topic and where you will publish it.

Good job so far. Don't forget to put quotation marks around any quotes (pasted info) and use a site like Bibme.org to create your full MLA bibliographic citations.

nice job. you have quite a bit of information here. it looks like your next step just might be correctly citing your sources. --cato