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combination of the dumbshow actor, the comedian and the circus clown who performs as an acrobat or juggler. The cleverest Charlie to-day is Charles Rivels, one of the highest paid clowns in the circus ring".
So Charlie the little tramp, who is perhaps the greatest clown the world has ever known, in the widest sense of the term, is also a member of the most exclusive fraternity of circus clowns, the first since Grimaldi, who died in 1837.
Charlie has a warm and perpetual throne, and his accession to it is demonstrated in a million incidents like this one: Two children, Susan and Caroline, who know little of world chaos, the burdens of adult humanity, the solitude and sadness that weigh upon the spirit; nothing of Chaplin's loneliness, nor of his consummate art, nothing of his quest after his Holy Grail — these two watched some of Chaplin's early films, for the first time in their lives, at a party, and rolled upon the floor, and choked in an ecstasy of joy and laughter, ached and gasped and groaned with laughter; wept for him; and loved him.
When Chaplin's detractors have all come to ignominious dust, together with the fragile film that holds all that is mortal of the greatest clown, the Charlie will still bring a shout of recognition and joy from the circus arena, increasing and maintaining the legendary and lovable quality of the little tramp, securing his immortality. While, so long as Chaplin's generation walks the earth, the Charlie will bring with him nostalgic memories of the unconquerable little tramp, with his tight jacket and baggy trousers, small bowler and large boots, forever setting out along an endless road, seeking eternally with all the ardour of his great and candid soul, a perfection always out of reach.