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Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency by the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in Kid Auto Races (1914). From 1914 onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was producing them, and by 1918 he was also composing the music for them. In 1919 he co-founded United Artists. In 1999, the American Film Institute ranked Chaplin the 10th greatest male screen legend of all time.

Zelig ( 1983) | IMDb: 7.7

Comedy

Fictional documentary about the life of human chameleon Leonard Zelig, a man who becomes a celebrity in the 1920s due to his ability to look and act like whoever is around him. Clever editing places Zelig in real newsreel footage of Woodrow Wilson, Babe Ruth, and others.

Starring:

Woody Allen , Mia Farrow , Patrick Horgan , John Buckwalter , Marvin Chatinover , Stanley Swerdlow

Directed by:

Thomas A. Reilly , Frederic B. Blankfein , Tony Gittelson

Produced by:

Helen Robin , Juliet Taylor , Michael Peyser

A Countess from Hong Kong ( 1967) | IMDb: 6

Comedy , Romance

A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.

Starring:

Marlon Brando , Sophia Loren , Sydney Chaplin , Tippi Hedren , Patrick Cargill , Charlie Chaplin

Directed by:

Ariel Levy , Jim Brennan , Charlie Chaplin

Produced by:

Weston Drury Jr. , Jerome Epstein , Denis Johnson

Monsieur Verdoux ( 1947) | IMDb: 7.8

Comedy , Crime , Drama

The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining income. While being both loyal and competent in his work, Verdoux has been laid-off. To make money for his wife and child, he marries wealthy widows and then murders them. His crime spree eventually works against him when two particular widows break his normal routine.

Starring:

Charlie Chaplin , Mady Correll , Allison Roddan , Robert Lewis , Audrey Betz , Martha Raye

Directed by:

Wheeler Dryden , Robert Florey , Rex Bailey

Produced by:

John McFadden , Charlie Chaplin

The Great Dictator ( 1940) | IMDb: 8.4

Comedy , War

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime.

Starring:

Charlie Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Jack Oakie , Reginald Gardiner , Henry Daniell , Billy Gilbert

Directed by:

Wheeler Dryden , Charlie Chaplin

Produced by:

Kathleen Pryor , Carter DeHaven , Alfred Reeves

The Circus ( 1928) | IMDb: 8.1

Comedy , Family , Romance

Charlie, a wandering tramp, becomes a circus handyman - soon the star of the show - and falls in love with the circus owner's stepdaughter.

Starring:

Charlie Chaplin , Al Ernest Garcia , Merna Kennedy , Harry Crocker , George Davis , Henry Bergman

Directed by:

Harry Crocker , Della Steele , Charlie Chaplin

Produced by:

Al Ernest Garcia , Charlie Chaplin

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