PRESENTATION SUR CHARLIE CHAPLIN

CHARLIE CHAPLIN !

SUMMARY :

1. introduction

2. his youth

3. his family

4. his career

5. controversial ...

6. years in Europe

7. death

8. his movies

9. his rewards

10. photographies

11. timeline

12. description

1. INTRODUCTION

- Charlie Spencer Chaplin was born on the sixteenth of april one thousand eight hundred and eighty nine in London. He was British. His nickname is "The tramp". He was a great actor, director, composer, screenwritern and producer. He was made know thanks to silent cinema around the one thousand nine hundred and ten years, expecially thanks to his character of "Charlot". His career lasted sixty five years and he played in about eighty movies. Chaplin died at the age of eighty eight on december twenty-fifth, one thousand nine hundred and seventy-seven in Corsier-sur-Vevey (Swiss).

2. his youth

His parents were : Hannah Chaplin and Charles Chaplin. They were music-hall artists. Charlie's childhouse was very sad because he was poor. At seven he was sent to a workhome. In one thousand eight hundred and ninety eight, his mother is interned, so he was sent to his father who was not better because he was an alcoholic.

3. his family

-Father : Charles Chaplin. -Mother : Hannah Chaplin. -Brothers : Sydney Chaplin, Spencer Dryen, Weeler Dryen. -Wifes: Paulette Goddard, Mildred Harris, Lita Grey, Oona O'neill. -Childrens : Géraldine Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Christopher Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Charles Chaplin Jr, Josephine Chaplin, Norman Spencer Chaplin, Jane Chaplin, Eugène Chaplin, Annette Emily Chaplin.

4. his career

-Charlie made his first performance at the age of five, his mother encouraged him and tells him that he has a certain talent. Thanks to his father , he became a member of the Eight Lancashire Lads dance troupe and performed in British music-halls until nineteen hundred. But he is not satisfed and wanted to turn to comedy. He stopped shool at thirteen years old. He therefore enrolled in an artistic agency in the West End of London.

-the agency manager saw potential in charlie, and offered her the role of a newspapuer seller in Harry a.saintsbury's play "Jim, a romance of cockayne" but the show was unsuccessful. -He subsequently played in "Sherlock Holmes", it was his last tour in nineteen hundred and six after having played there for two years, thanks to his role in Sherlock Holmes he is called to play with William Gillette. - He then joined another company where he became an accomplished actor after having performed some play. nevertheless he found it difficult to find work. - in nineteen hundred and nine he reached the main roles and attracted the attention of the press - he is described by critics as: "one of the best pantomine artists ever" - after that he went on rounds. -Chaplin is invited to join the "New York Motion Picture Company", he signs in September nineteen hundred and thirteen. - He makes himself known in the film "Charlot is happy with him" as Charlot, the film comes out on February 7th nineteen hundred and fourteen. -Charlie is also a very good musician. -His popularity also spread abroad and he became the first international movie star. -During the years he went from studio to studio (Essenay, mutual ...) -Charlie was considered an extraordinary artist and a comedic genius. -Chaplin is building his own studio to have time to make good films. -He then builds a new company called “United Artists” with three collaborators. - Chaplin has dabbled in several styles of film and several characters, but it is the comedy with the character Charlot that appeals the most to audiences. -When talking films appear, Chapli does not want to stop silent films for fear of being out of fashion.

5. controversial...

Chaplin is deeply disturbed by political tensions and the rise of nationalism in Europe in the 1930s and believes that he couldn't ignore them in his movies. Observers made connections with Adolf Hitler: they were born four days apart, both rose to prominence despite their humble origins, and the German dictator wears the same mustache as Charlot. This physical resemblance became the basis for Chaplin's next film, The Dictator, which directly pokes fun at Hitler and fascism.In the 1940s, Chaplin was embroiled in a series of lawsuits that consumed much of his time and affect its public image. The latter are linked to his intermittent relationship with the aspiring actress Joan Barry, between June 1941 and the summer of 1942. They separate after the latter shows mental disorders, and she is arrested twice for harassment after this breakup. She reappeared the following year announcing that she is pregnant with the director; the latter denies it and Barry initiates proceedings for recognition of paternity. Edgar Hoover, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who is wary of Chaplin's political leanings, exploits the opportunity to damage his reputation. As part of a smear campaign, the FBI is indicting him in four cases related to the scandal, which Chaplin claims have demolished his creativity. Chaplin again expressed his political ideas in Monsieur Verdoux by criticizing capitalism and the film was very controversial when it was released in April 1947. He was booed at the premiere and some demanded that it be banned. This is the first film in which his character has no relation to Charlot; he was also the first to be a critical and commercial failure in the U.S. Mr. Verdoux's negative reception was largely the result of the changing public image of Chaplin. In addition to the Joan Barry scandal, he is publicly accused of being a Communist. The FBI, determined to get him out of the country, launched an official investigation against him in 1947. On September 19, 1952, the United States Attorney General, James McGranery, revoked Chaplin's visa and declared that he must submit. to an interview on his political opinions and his morals to be able to return to the United States.

6. years in Europe

Chaplin made not attempt to return to the United States after his entry visa is revoked and sends his wife to Los Angeles to settle her affairs. The couple decided on Switzerland and the family settled in January 1953 at the Manoir de Ban, a 15 hectare property overlooking Lake Geneva in the town of Corsier-sur-Vevey. Chaplin listed his Beverly Hills residence and studio in March and returned his visa in April. The following year, his wife renounced her American nationality to become British. He abandoned his last professional ties with the United States in 1955 when he sold his shares in United Artists, which had been in financial difficulty since the early 1940s. Chaplin remained a controversial figure throughout the 1950s, particularly afterwards. have received the International Peace Prize awarded by the World Peace Council. From the mid-1950s, Chaplin focused on re-sounding and re-issuing his old films, as well as protecting his copyright. Chaplin suffered several minor strokes in the late 1950s and this marked the beginning of a slow decline in his health. In 1971, he was made Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor at the Cannes Film Festival and the following year he received a Golden Lion for his career during the Venice Mostra. In 1972, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded him an Honorary Oscar, which Robinson saw as the first sign that the United States "wanted to be forgiven." Chaplin hesitated to accept it, then decides to go to Los Angeles for the first time in twenty years. The visit received extensive media coverage, and upon presentation of the award he received a twelve-minute standing ovation, the longest in Oscar history. Although Chaplin still had movies projects, his health became very fragile in the 1970s. Several strokes affected his speech and he had to use a wheelchair. Among his latest accomplishments is the creation of an autobiography in pictures, My Life in Pictures.

7. death

In October 1977, Chaplin's health deteriorated to the point that he required constant attention. He died of a stroke in his sleeped on the morning of December 25, 1977, at the age of 88.

8. his movies

-Modern times.-Charlie's new job. -A night out. -The tramp. -A woman of Paris. -Charlie Chaplin shouldres arms. -Easy street. -Kid auto races at Venise. -The City Lights. -The dictator. -The gold Rush.

Extract from the film "the gold rush".

9. his rewards

In 1962, the universities of Durham and Oxford awarded him an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters. In 1965, he shared the Erasmus Prize with Ingmar Bergman, and in 1971, he was made Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honor by the French government. In 1975, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II and made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, becoming “Sir Charles Chaplin”. The film industry rewards him with a special Golden Lion at the 1972 Venice Film Festival, as well as a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1970. Chaplin received a total of three Oscars: a first honorary Oscar in 1929 " for his versatility and his genius at playing, writing, directing and producing Le Cirque ”, a second in 1972“ for the incalculable effect he had in making cinema movies the art form of this century ” and a third in 1973 for best original music, for Les Feux de la Rampe. He was also nominated in the categories of best actor, best film and best screenplay for The Dictator, as well as in that of best screenplay for Monsieur Verdoux. Six of Chaplin's movies were selected for preservation in the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress: The Emigrant (1917), The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush (1925), The Lights of the city ​​(1931), Modern Times (1936) and Le Dictateur (1940). In April 2016, Ban's mansion in Corsier-sur-Vevey in Switzerland, where he spent the last twenty-five years of his existence, became a museum dedicated to his life and his work. The museum, called "Chaplin's World". In 1982 a statue of Chaplin was built. Chaplin also had an Oscar for "best music in a movie". Chaplin is referred to by many critics and major magazines as "the greatest artist that cinema has created" or as "a great figure in world culture"

10. Photographies

11. timeline

12. description

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Jeanne Thomas 5A