He was accused of communist sympathies, and some members of the press and public found his involvement in a paternity suit, and marriages to much younger women, scandalous. The 1940s were a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He became increasingly political, and his first sound film was The Great Dictator (1940), which satirised Adolf Hitler. He initially refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. His first feature-length film was The Kid (1921), followed by A Woman of Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928).

In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films.

By 1918, he was one of the best-known figures in the world. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the Essanay, Mutual, and First National corporations. He soon developed the Tramp persona and formed a large fan base. He was scouted for the film industry and began appearing in 1914 for Keystone Studios. At 19, he was signed to the prestigious Fred Karno company, which took him to America. Chaplin began performing at an early age, touring music halls and later working as a stage actor and comedian. When he was 14, his mother was committed to a mental asylum. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.Д¬haplin's childhood in London was one of poverty and hardship, as his father was absent and his mother struggled financially, and he was sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine.

He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, The Tramp, and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. KBE (16 April 1889В вЂ“ 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. 11 (including Charles, Sydney, Geraldine, Michael, Josephine, Victoria, Eugene, and Christopher)

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