The Kid - Charles Chaplin (Chapter)
The Kid- Charles Chaplin About the Author Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1978) was born in Lon- don, England. He was a British actor who became one of the biggest stars of the 20th-century salient film era. Charlie was thrown on his own resources before he reached the age of 10 due to the early death of his father and the illness of his mother. When he was about 12, he got his first chance to act. Chaplin started his career as a comedian in vaudeville, which eventually took him to the United States in 1910. He became an immediate hit there. His career spread over more than 75 years. His first feature film was "The Kid" (1921) followed by "A Woman of Paris" (1923), "The Gold Rush" (1925), and "The Circus (1928). He produced movies like "City Lights" (1931 ) and "Modern Times" (1936). Chaplin wrote, produced, directed, edited, and acted in most of his films. In 1972, as part of the appreciat
