Charlie Chaplin (1951)

Record Details:

Title:
Charlie Chaplin
Date:
1951
Publisher:
New York : Henry Schuman, Inc.
Volume:
Charlie Chaplin
Leaf #:
00035
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
{"Media History Digital Library","Richard Koszarski","Jeff Joseph"}
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 21, 2024
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childhood and stage career 15 He also scored in a burlesque of Fred Sisnette's "Turpin's Ride to York." During the run of "Casey's Court Circus" Chaplin gradually gave up his ambition of becoming a dramatic actor and concentrated on comedy. Once, while playing in the Channel Islands, he found that his jokes were not getting over because, as he soon discovered, the natives knew little English. He resorted to pantomime and got the desired laughs. From this he learned the power of pantomime which became the major element in his art. Meanwhile, Sidney Chaplin, too, had gone on the stage as a member of the Fred Karno Company. He spoke to Karno about his younger brother and when Charlie was about seventeen he became a member of this famous pantomime group. He remained with it until 1913, when, during an American tour, the movies signed him.