Charlie Chaplin in costume as his Little Tramp character. Courtesy of Showtime. Charlie Chaplin was the first worldwide superstar, thanks in part to the global nature of silent movies, which ...

Plenty of directors have impacted popular culture, and Charlie Chaplin is one of the most influential ones. He has worked on dozens of movies and made audiences laugh with his silent films. However, ...

This text explores the groundbreaking stunt work and practical filmmaking tricks used in Hollywood during the 1920s, long before CGI or modern visual effects existed. It highlights legendary actors ...

On this day in history, April 16, 1889, future Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin — full name Charles Spencer Chaplin — is born in London, England. Chaplin would go on to become one of the most ...

For more than a century, filmmakers from Charlie Chaplin to Frank Capra to Terrence Malick have captured and even shaped this ...

Daniel is a University of Louisville graduate with an English degree, a sizable collection of Blu-rays, books, records, and a love of hiking. After having to lift an actor in a wheelchair repeatedly ...

Switzerland became Charlie Chaplin’s home after he was hounded out of the U.S. in 1952, so it’s perhaps fitting that the Zurich Film Festival hosted the European premiere of feature documentary “The ...

Beloved as The Tramp, worshiped and then reviled and then worshiped again as one of the biggest stars in cinema history, Charlie Chaplin was an enigma, one that a new Showtime documentary tries to ...

The Museum of Modern Art has worked on a meticulous restoration of Chaplin’s 1918 film “Shoulder Arms,” screening on Thursday, that likely differs in every frame from what viewers have seen. By Ben ...

Charlie Chaplin historian Hooman Mehran, when talking of the lengths the actor-director-producer-composer would drive ...