Charlie Chaplin - The Tragic Life of the Little Tramp

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@rdhudon7469 5 лет назад

"Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot." Charlie Chaplin

@ingriddubbel8468 5 лет назад

Very true.

@MrThamses 4 года назад

"I used to think that my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it’s a comedy" Joker

@Brandonhayhew 4 года назад

That is true because joker used that as a reference to chaplin

@Red_Lanterns_Rage 4 года назад

"the farther away the pain is, the funnier the comedy is" -Me, now

@seangg8200 3 года назад

Shame he was a peado

@tiktokmoments8227 3 года назад

“The mirror is my best friend as when I cry it doesn’t laugh at me” - Charlie Chaplin

@nicolehall694 5 лет назад

"In 1947 it was like Mr Rodgers kicking a puppy to death while wearing a swastika" A more spectacular sentence has never been written!

@feetgoaroundfullflapsC 4 года назад

Gut panzerkrauser kregg.

@comeoriginal101 5 лет назад

Love how Simon always makes you feel for the person regardless of who they were. He really has a gift. Could watch these videos for hours

@karlp8484 5 лет назад

True story: Charlie Chaplin as a joke entered into a Hollywood Charlie Chaplin lookalike contest. And came in third.

@karlp8484 5 лет назад

@Alison by Moonlight I think to be a really good impersonator you actually have to be "bigger" than the real life version.

@ingriddubbel8468 5 лет назад

That's a well known story.

@smferreiro2610 5 лет назад

I heard of the story.... but I also heard they did it, in spite they recognized him, because third will still place him in the podium, and loosing would be the hilarious ultimate disgrace...

@smferreiro2610 5 лет назад

I heard of the story.... but I also heard they did it, in spite they recognized him, because third will still place him in the podium, and loosing would be the hilarious ultimate disgrace...

@karlp8484 5 лет назад

@@smferreiro2610 It's well known that Chaplin could and did just meld into a crowd. Without his make-up and togs he is very plain looking, Alec Guinness was also famous for this, he could walk right by you and you wouldn't recognise him. Chaplin was staying in the same hotel as Peter Sellers in the 1960s in London and walked out the door at exactly the same time as Sellers and no one recognised him at all, even though the photographs clearly show him, the newspapers only discovered this when they developed the film, published the shot and someone said "hey, that's Chaplin"

@ruthjohnson4380 5 лет назад

His comedic genius is obvious when it’s still funny over 100 years later. As was pointed out, he was a VERY flawed and ok, twisted man. I love Biographics and no matter what I think I know, I inevitably learn a lot. I thought I knew Charlie Chaplin’s story. Interesting stuff!

@NathanCassidy721 5 лет назад

I would say Buster Keaton would be better on the basis that his comedy is more universal. Not to mention the guy was one of the biggest badasses the world has ever known. Still it’s a coin flip on who is better.

@Biographics 5 лет назад

Our sister channel, TopTenzNet did a list about Buster Keaton: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mpgA0eUJn_o.html

@whodatninja439 5 лет назад

Ruth Johnson i wouldn't say his stuff is still funny, but it is impressive and interesting.

@mickeeteeze 5 лет назад

@@whodatninja439 I dunno. I like the way "The Circus" was mentioned. Probably the only 'pure comedy' he made after all those shorts he did early in his career. There are some really hysterical moments in that one. His other famous films were usually some sort of 'statement', whether it was unrequited love, capitalism, nationalism, peacenik, etc. So, for people who didn't like the message, they don't enjoy the gags as much. But they are always around. When he imitates Hitler giving a hyped up speech? One of his aides brings him water to drink, but he pours it down his crotch to 'cool down'. That's still funny today.

@RankinMsP 3 года назад

'Flawed and twisted' is how we describe abusive pedophiles? Interesting

@kenxclout 5 лет назад

One of my favorite quotes from The Office is when Pam dresses up as Charlie Chaplin and says “So apparently no one dresses up for Halloween here. I wish I had known that before I used grease paint for my mustache. And I can't even take off my hat... because then I'm Hitler.”

@Biographics 5 лет назад

Wouldn't it be trippy if we ran the Hitler bio next?

@lucas3918 5 лет назад

@@Biographics But the question is, are you going to?

@Mrthecakedevil 5 лет назад

@@Biographics That would make a hilarious Chaplin sketch and you know it. Adolf and Charlie could do the mirror gag and everything. "The Little Tramp Goes to Germany."

@raphaelforkel7759 5 лет назад

@@Biographics Oh ho, are you finally dropping the big H? I thought you kept him for last.

@Scribe13013 5 лет назад

Wait...there's a conspiracy theory to be had here

@arachnonixon 5 лет назад

The Kid was played by a young Jackie Coogan, who would play Uncle Fester of the Addams family later in life. he was paid very well for this role, but his mother squandered all of the money he earned. a series of laws designed to protect child actor's finances from their own parents are known as "Coogan laws", & are still on the books today.

@clapattack7235 5 лет назад

And now you know the rest of the story.

@alexanderfilmworks 5 лет назад

@@clapattack7235 But those laws didn't do much good for many of the other child actors, like Shirley Temple, Jackie Cooper, or (to use a more modern example) Gary Coleman.

@clapattack7235 5 лет назад

@@alexanderfilmworks very true. It still happens. How about Macauly Caulkin. His dad squandered the money he earned.

@parkb5320 5 лет назад

Jackie Coogan was also a child actor in the Our Gang shorts, later to be renamed the Little Rascals for TV.

@alexanderfilmworks 5 лет назад

@@parkb5320 Jackie Cooper was in the Our Gang comedies from Hal Roach; Jackie Coogan was already a big star by then.

@Dudeonwheels 5 лет назад

Bonus fact: One of his many grand kids is an actress named Oona Chaplin who has been in such series as Game of Thrones and Taboo, and movies such as Quantum of Solace and the upcoming Avatar sequels.

@olaowo5 5 лет назад

thats oona oneil

@mr51406 5 лет назад

Dudeonwheels: and his daughter Geraldine is also a great actress. She was in Dr Zhivago, also arguably one of the greatest films of all time.

@DoomFinger511 5 лет назад

She also played the part of Chaplin's mother in his autobiography movie "Chaplin"

@Paslayas 5 лет назад

@EbberDeeMills, what⁉️ The Wolfman I can forgive, but Jurassic remake movie- hell no!

@shesaknitter 5 лет назад

@shahla1123 How ignorant to blame descendants for the sins of their forebears.

@mostcertainahuman9944 5 лет назад

When I was 8 I used to think Charlie Chaplin and Adolf hitler where the same guy.

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 лет назад

Apparently, I think it's the same as your situation. It's bonus when you are looking at The Great Dictator movie.

@Discosaturn 5 лет назад

Chaplin's birthday was on April 16, 1889. Hitler's birthday was on April 20, 1889. Coincidence? Well, almost because it's a four-day difference.

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 лет назад

@@Discosaturn But Hitler's birthday is 6 days ago.

@Discosaturn 5 лет назад

@@poweroffriendship2.0 And of course Chaplin's birthday was 10 days ago.

@dambrooks7578 5 лет назад

😂🤣😂

@wonkothesane8691 4 года назад

Charlie Chaplin's life is proof one should never get to know their heroes too well. He was a genius, this is undeniable, but also undeniable is the dark side of such genius. It's that darkness within which burns everything and destroys the better works of men.

@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley 2 года назад

Happy someone else here isn't forgetting that. It's hard to now see Chaplin as someone good, given the way he treated women and was essentially a pedophile. Also, cheering on the Holocaust is a huge nope. A lot of the comments here have a gross feel, like when judges excuse the abuse athletes commit, because the player is famous and the judge likes their sports and "boys will be boys." 🙄 Rather, I suppose you can view his acting and his priviate life as two separate things, but for me, it's all the same person, and it's difficult to be able to appreciate the accomplishments of a person's life when the darker half is still there.

@Daylanie-16 Год назад

He was born the 16th. 7,16, and 25 are genuines experts at an something and here to teach all they know to humans. They do go through a rough life to gain all this information and knowledge.

@theguybehindyou694 5 лет назад

Educational and funny. That takes skill. The Hitler joke killed me. Great video guys!

@Biographics 5 лет назад

Wouldn't it be trippy if we ran the Hitler bio next?

@theguybehindyou694 5 лет назад

@@Biographics Please do! You're showing your age. Saying "trippy" in 2019 is... trippy.

@booktrip8753 5 лет назад

@@Biographics Why not?

@AftermathRV 5 лет назад

@@theguybehindyou694 Im saying trippy alot - mostly when im tripping.

@isaacschmitt4803 5 лет назад

Another good one would be Harry Houdini, The Amazing Escaping Hungarian

@lookatthisdude8448 5 лет назад

I like that

@Partycipant 5 лет назад

Very cool suggestion, I'd love to see that one!

@rajaz001 5 лет назад

Isaac Schmitt not sure if you’ve seen it already but they did one on that :)

@melanietoth1376 4 года назад

Yes, please do Houdini!! As a Hungarian I totally support this!!

@melanietoth1376 4 года назад

Zahra, I'll look it up :)

@kuylr 4 года назад

“I used to think my life was a tragedy, but now I realize, it’s a comedy.” -Charlie Chaplin

@exlibrisas 5 лет назад

That script writing is breathtaking! And paired with Simon's amazing feel for narration those videos provide one of the best and highest quality of education on the internet.

@JesamyPorter 5 лет назад

I loved this! I always knew of Charlie Chaplin but never knew that much about him. This one and Coco Chanel are my new favorites. I love hearing about people that didn’t necessarily have anything to do with major war. I like war history too but pop culture history is also amazing. Thank you!

@gothicmom5232 5 лет назад

Not even Hitler stealing his mustache..."ick".....HAHAHAHA Thank you for this very interesting and comprehensive look at Chaplins' life. Very well edited and enjoyable to watch.

@Red_Lanterns_Rage 5 лет назад

lol in German the ick is actually written "Ich" just a little trivia

@dx1450 5 лет назад

I like the "time masheen" ride at the end of "Idiocracy" where they explain that WWII was started by Charlie Chaplin...

@Arterexius 5 лет назад

Also wanna add the Trivia that "Ich" means "I"

@Red_Lanterns_Rage 5 лет назад

@@Arterexius yep lolz

@benn454 4 года назад

Hitler said the German word "nicht", which translates to "no/not".

@kathrynhettinger1321 5 лет назад

"Life is a tragedy up close, and a comedy in the long shot." -Charlie Chaplin

@simpleclover8422 5 лет назад

Possibly do a video on one of the Great Native American chiefs, such as Red Cloud, Sitting Bull or Crazy Horse - would be amazing, plus i love you videos thanks

@scottmantooth8785 5 лет назад

don't forget Chief Joseph and Sequoyah who created the Cherokee syllabary that is still in use today

@DH702.. 5 лет назад

They really didn't keep records , it's mainly myth by word of mouth . I'm sure the video would be very short

@timvanrijn8239 5 лет назад

Self proclaimed redcloud of extual redcloud?

@wellrose17 5 лет назад

Red Cloud!

@st3yo980 4 года назад

Yeah maybe joe Medicine Crow

@tacituskilgore9803 5 лет назад

Dude, you should read books for Audible. I could listen to your voice for hours!

@thetimturnershow2883 Год назад

The flawed man, the talented myth, the timeless legend known as Charlie Chaplin!!!

@vandercecil9449 4 года назад

There has never been a more natural actor in front of a movie camera. His silent pictures are a joy to watch...

@yohannbiimu 5 лет назад

Lita Gray appeared in The Kid as "The Vamp." She's clearly a prepubescent girl, and that alone is very unsettling.

@melissacooper4482 5 лет назад

When she did The Kid she was twelve years old. She looked older with that heavy make-up on. She was also originally chosen to play the love interest in The Gold Rush. But Chaplin got her pregnant and she was forced to drop out. Not to mention being forced to marry him.

@DoomFinger511 5 лет назад

Surprised you didn't mention that when Chaplin came back to America to accept an Oscar he received a 10 minute standing ovation. The longest standing ovation in Oscar history.

@berryberrykixx 5 лет назад

He did, he just got it wrong by calling it an academy award.

@JeovahLovesYou 5 лет назад

His speech on one of his movies still gives me goosebumps. Simply Amazing.

@fredyllanos8972 4 года назад

Youuu Boiii : So, that gives you goosebumps, but not the fact he was a pedophile? Interesting.

@ChrisT-O Год назад

The speech is from the movie: The Great Dictator.

@andrewince8824 Год назад

@@fredyllanos8972everyone in Hollywood is a nonce. It's hardly shocking. The yanks like nonces in politics, it's why they vote for the republicunts.

@marcscordato4385 5 лет назад

There has always been a fine line between comedy and tragedy. Many comics have suffered from depression.

@megancrager4397 2 года назад

Pedophilia too? They suffer with that too?

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 лет назад

_What you are putting on, a suit of armor?_ Years later, Chaplin becomes Iron Man.

@robdon3472 5 лет назад

I was gonna be so clever making a joke about Chaplin being Iron Man. Goddamnit

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 лет назад

@@robdon3472 Because he's Robert Downey Jr.

@philsterthephilster 5 лет назад

@@poweroffriendship2.0 Chaplin is RDJ's greatest ever performance. I didn't see RDJ, only Charlie Chaplin.

@mollyr.goates8097 5 лет назад

@@poweroffriendship2.0 Maybe Charlie really is immortal?

@poweroffriendship2.0 5 лет назад

@@mollyr.goates8097 He's reincarnated as Tony Stark.

@justinlabrosse8506 4 года назад

The speech in the great dictator was phenomenal I got goosebumps listening to it.

@StaticImage 5 лет назад

It's videos like this one that make me wonder why this channel does not have millions of subscribers. This is easily the most underappreciated and tragically underrated channel on the whole of RU-vid. And just another request for Simo Häyhä while I'm at it.

@thefenrisianssweatshop 5 лет назад

StaticImage damned right man.

@JiveDadson 5 лет назад

Needs more cats wearing sunglasses.

@thomasnieswandt8805 4 года назад

Fun Fact. Few years ago, in germany, his daughter, Geraldine Chaplin presented the "Golden Camera, for his lifetime acting career" (basicly the german Oscar) to Jerry Lewis. She said: (meaning not word by word) "It means a lot to me, to give you this! I visited my perants in December 1977 and the day i went back home, my father was watching Your Show. He was very sick, but he was laughing so hard, pointing to the TV "He is funny, god, he is funny". I did not see my father again. And... I want to say thank you, ....for this last memory, i have of my father. Thank you"

@sophiewilliams7582 5 лет назад

I remember watching him accept his honorary Oscar, and feeling sad that he felt compelled to walk onstage using his funny tramp walk, while twirling his cane. At the same time though, I was in awe that I was alive to see this absolute legend, live on television.

@lukatosic09 5 лет назад

I've always loved Chaplin. His speech in the great dictator is amazing.

@tigercap100 5 лет назад

McCarthy was right. Communists need to be indicted.

@evanw2195 5 лет назад

I just watched it

@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi 5 лет назад

He was a paedophile though... Kinda sickens me hearing that.

@Qthefun 5 лет назад

@@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi only by today's standards... different times back then, sickens me to but still we can't judge the past on today's morals

@BeeWhistler 5 лет назад

@@Qthefun Mmnooo, he was also one by their standards. He wouldn't have had to hide what he'd done if they'd been okay with it. The consequences may not have looked as severe but then they weren't until very recently for famous people pulling crap like that. They'd still slither out of it.

@drjonbear7517 5 лет назад

One of your best Simon. Great work!

@chinita505 5 лет назад

Excellent video! Honest, thorough and just perfect! Thank you

@theangryaustralian7624 5 лет назад

U should see the other videos if u like quality and coherence

@Whatevz89 5 лет назад

Fun fact: Charlie Chaplin and Adolf Hitler were born only 4 days apart.

@claudemaassen2963 5 лет назад

So what, Apart from the mustache what else is relevant? Idiot.

@ingriddubbel8468 5 лет назад

My Grandfather married VERY, VERY late. My grandmother was old enough to be my father's grandmother. I'm the youngest of several children. In still of childbearing age. My Grandfather was born in 1889 six weeks from Hitler was born

@melissacooper4482 5 лет назад

I knew it. I learned that fact from a biopic movie about Chaplin's life. Chaplin, played by Robert Downey Jr, stated that to his brother Sydney.

@sirticklebear5983 4 года назад

Claude Maassen So salty

@feetgoaroundfullflapsC 4 года назад

Not the same year. And not related. And WHO CARES.. Many were born April 20th,

@KenMabie 5 лет назад

Chaplin wasn't a communist .. he was an Anarchist "As for politics, I'm an Anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. I can't stand caged animals. People must be free"

@danishwolf8469 5 лет назад

Doesnt make him better, just more radical really

@blackgold754 4 года назад

Ken Mabie communism focuses on same thing so yeh communism is basically anarchism

@cgt3704 4 года назад

@@blackgold754 indeed. I, personally, believe in the power of monarchy. Long live the Queen

@blackgold754 4 года назад

CG Toe nah. I rather become a communist. I like that. Paying according to the abilities, equal pay to everyone, health care, education, electricity rights and cooperation is good enough for me

@cgt3704 4 года назад

@@blackgold754 ARE YOU CRAZY? You are supporring greedy people whom took money from everyone and steal all of their lands? No, trust me, you don't want to be communist. Its for the best. I speak from experience.

@tommillard4193 5 лет назад

The dude legit watched the world change so much

@dfernandez3482 5 лет назад

I always wondered why Charlie and Hitler had the same mustache. You never see them in the same place at the same time 🤔😂

@ehrldawg 5 лет назад

Supposedly Hitler started wearing that moustache so he could put a gas mask on.

@melissacooper4482 5 лет назад

Charlie's mustache was fake. He glued it on whenever he was in his Little Tramp costume. Off screen he had no mustache. Hitler's mustache was real.

@NRH111 4 года назад

@@markwebb9431 thats wrong actually chaplains 4 days older than hitler

@_Abjuranax_ 4 года назад

@@ehrldawg Not true. Hitler had a wide German style moustache during the war. It wasn't until he entered politics did he adopt the dirty Sanchez look.

@NisarKhan-jm1uh 4 года назад

It was because it was very popular at the time

@tracymcmillan1466 5 лет назад

I remember when Chaplin got his honourary 0scar later in his life. Everyone stood and cheered which brought him to tears. Obviously, he was emotionally affected by his banishment from the US. He was as sincere as anyone could be and he couldn't thank them enough.

@bamboosa 5 лет назад

@Biographics - the reason that the new (August 2019) bio didn't work is that it just didn't have name or profession impact. In 1958 my mom took me and my brother to our first movie experience in Hollywood and it was a Charlie Chaplin revival - the Gold Rush and City Lights. I was spellbound. I never knew about his crap personal life until the late sixties. Those films had enormous impact on me. This is the best bio I have seen on the dude so thank you.

@dheerajvelaga9536 5 лет назад

Simon your voice is second only to Morgan Freeman............Great pace of narration..

@Red_Lanterns_Rage 5 лет назад

and Morgan Freeman is the one free man, the opener of the way lol or was that Gordon Freeman? eh

@Red_Lanterns_Rage 5 лет назад

@Daniel Adamson you mean the Micro Machines guy?? gods I miss him.....but there;s so few roles that require that kind of a talent, so glad Transformers the animated movie from the 80's made a character just for him lol

@TheRealLucifer_Morningstar 4 года назад

Sam Elliot and James Earl Jones aren't exactly chopped liver themselves when it comes to narration. ♥️

@susanhudek2458 5 лет назад

So glad I found you...cancelled all network tv and only watch shows on internet...and you gave me two great reasons to watch..Toptenz and Biographics....fantastic shows..keep them coming!!!

@Richi0h 3 года назад

What a wonderful story, Charlie truly is an inspiration and a very important keystone of human culture in my humble opinion. Lovely video, thanks for making it.

@Richi0h 3 года назад

I mean, you know, until darkness kind of overtook him.

@martinwettig8212 Год назад

I think this was my favourite episode. Thanks.

@jonatesrides 5 лет назад

I had no idea Chaplin's career had so much controversy.

@megancrager4397 2 года назад

Isn't it funny how Hollywood hides this specific behavior with popular stars throughout movie history?

@mrlarry271 4 года назад

Nothing lasts forever not even our troubles is my favorite quote of his. Am autistic and say that mantra in my head whenever I need to calm myself down. ☯️

@architeuthis3476 5 лет назад

I find it easy to separate people from their work. While Chaplin was a seriously flawed person, he is one of the greatest artists in cinema (perhaps even the greatest). In particular, I think _The Great Dictator_ is one of the most important films ever made. While it is a propaganda film, I am very much in favor of its message (democracy needs to conquer fascism) and is worth watching again today considering current events. The fact that the most infamous silent actor literally breaks his silence (Modern Times doesn't count, he doesn't have any actual dialogue in it) with a film that ends with a rallying cry for overcoming totalitarianism is almost as moving as the rallying cry itself.

@HorrorUberAlles 5 лет назад

That's pretty rich, coming from a guy who openly endorsed stalinism. Democracy needs to conquer fascism *and communism*. It's not supposed to be one or the other, both are just as reprehensible ideologies.

@architeuthis3476 5 лет назад

@@HorrorUberAlles Yeah, one of the artist's flaws was that he failed to recognize Stalinsism as totalitarianism, but the art itself was absolutely anti-totalitarian and pro-democracy

@dubyatwopointoh5712 5 лет назад

Johnny Cash Biographics when?? 😄

@Biographics 5 лет назад

We have to at least have a chance of breaking even. Maybe we'll try a singer and if we do, it would be Johnny Cash. But not for a while. Sadly, we wouldn't able to use any video or music from him because of copyright issues. I'm sure that would upset our fans.

@dubyatwopointoh5712 5 лет назад

Biographics thanks guys. I’ll remain optimistic though! :)

@staceyMet 5 лет назад

I really enjoy your content and look forward to your videos. Often listen during my 20 min commute to work so on many occasions I don't remember to put they thumbs up. Being originally from the Caribbean I would love if you feature someone from my region.

@NLBrown-gz2qe 5 лет назад

Waylon Jennings?

@heatherr0420 5 лет назад

Yes please Johnny Cash

@Avinash_Mohanty 4 года назад

Love him or Hate him, you just can't Ignore him.. Whatever Good or Bad Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin has done, his legendary status can be measured by the fact of having the world record till date of getting the longest duration of standing ovation, an unbelievable 12 minutes long in the entire history of the Oscars. Now that's the Love and Respect that Money can never buy my friends...

@cococock2418 Год назад

No you can definitely ignore him, he’s a pedohpile and rapist, typical of Jews in Hollywood

@testohtoby 3 года назад

I've just seen "The great dictator" yesterday, simply amazing !!!

@FirstnameLastname-zl5xl 5 лет назад

I've been hoping we'd get this thanks !

@globglobglob1 4 года назад

I am properly addicted to your channels... I've seen at least 120 of your videos in the past week

@booktrip8753 5 лет назад

The puppy was so adorable 15:18.. er what did you just say Simon?

@jdiluigi 5 лет назад

One of your best written episodes in my opinion. Great closing statement.

@rezkel7404 5 лет назад

Gonna be real with you, his life doesn't sound so much tragic as much as deserved karma.

@BaldingClamydia 5 лет назад

Not at the beginning when his mom was put away and his dad abused him

@rezkel7404 5 лет назад

@@BaldingClamydia No, but he is real scummy later in life.

@BaldingClamydia 5 лет назад

@@rezkel7404 Truth

@bluejay4214 5 лет назад

If you think he's scum you should see the rest of Hollywood during his era. The only reason we focus solely on him and his misdeeds is because he left the biggest lasting legacy, was the most famous, and he didn't die young like every other actor from his time.

@susanmurphy958 5 лет назад

Yeah Rezkel, that's what happens when you are out banging young girls. 😈😡👿 Because Karma is the ultimate BITCH.

@BrianGilley-f2o Год назад

Excellent work. So much info crammed into 20 minutes 👏👏👏

@handsomed8732 5 лет назад

Can you please do one on the Swamp Fox (Francis Marion)?

@sulacomarine 5 лет назад

Being a South Carolinian, I would also love to see one on the Fighting Gamecock (Thomas Sumter) or the Wizard Owl (Andrew Pickens) ;)

@petermaras1043 5 лет назад

Love your summaries in these biographics videos, keep it on. Inspiring

@Biographics 5 лет назад

Glad you like them :)

@meganroepke9601 3 года назад

Charlie Chaplin did have a very troubled life. Coming from nothing and never having a stable home life definitely shaped how he became. He did have his demons and could be twisted, but all he wanted was to make people laugh and enjoy his art. He had enormous talent and a truly great gift for performing. Not the best person in the world, but truly the best clown the world has seen.

@brknglasses2734 4 года назад

And now I've subscribed to Simon Whistler five out of seven times. Worth it every time!

@annamedvecky4793 3 года назад

Charles Chaplin was a man born before his time. In his film the Great Dictator the final speech gives you all that you need to know about him. He was a giant human being.

@bwtupper 5 лет назад

Great video! What a sad commentary on a successful life gone bad. I remember when the computer company IBM used Chapmen’s persona in their commercials.

@charlespeterwatson9051 4 года назад

When it comes to the type of wives and lovers Chaplin had, Chaplin's preference is like Wooderson's from "Dazed And Confused" - "That's what I love about these high school girls, man. I get older, they stay the same age.

@aneeqakamran8315 2 года назад

Very comprehensive! Love this channel

@dmitrivlad8538 5 лет назад

Next: Cantiflas! 🇲🇽 Por Favor y Grácias!!! 😃

@jamesharrington4752 Год назад

Thank you very much Simon for an excellent job about Charlie Chaplin's life.

@chickendrawsdogs3343 5 лет назад

You're telling me he wasn't inspired to become a comedian by Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan...??

@romelnegut2005 5 лет назад

😂👏

@ZeroDrizzy 5 лет назад

Wow

@skeletonentertainment4201 4 года назад

Love that movie

@solomonblake7041 4 года назад

no dude another fallacy

@selvitr3945 4 года назад

Charlie laufs laud? Laughing 😆 He Might believe

@gatecrasher0380 5 лет назад

Omg the thing about Mr Rogers was so funny. I had no idea Chaplains story was so interesting. Thank you for shedding light on his life. Can you do one on the 3 stooges. Including Shemp.

@ragnarokgalaxy9510 5 лет назад

Super awesome video. Actually learned something new about someone I did a paper on.

@joeybaseball7352 5 лет назад

Why has all 9f this suddenly been forgotten? In today's world, he's hailed as a hero.

@plipogamez3173 5 лет назад

It sounds like a ordinary life of an influential actor, he would have fit well with Hollywood today.

@stevewakefield7198 5 лет назад

Thanks Simon, yet another informative post 👍👍

@michelejm1237 4 года назад

Really enjoying your channels! I've been obsessively binge watching for days. So, I noticed you mentioned business collaboration between C.Chaplin and D.W. Griffith. Considering the times we are presently living in; perhaps it's time to do a profile on Griffith. I personally hold him in contempt. But maybe you can shed some light on how he became one of most toxic and dangerous film makers America has had the misfortune to have.

@PoppabearsCave 5 лет назад

Love these videos and your presentation (on all your channels) I have you playing while I am working on artwork commissions. Your voice and pacing are perfect. Thank you!

@philmeop1215 5 лет назад

Love your channel's. Could you make a bio on marlon brando?

@dx1450 5 лет назад

He might if you make him an offer he can't refuse...

@RedKahn 5 лет назад

I think a Bio of Christopher Lee would be very interesting

@acetate909 5 лет назад

@10:10 There is a great movie called _The Cats Meow_ that takes place strictly between the time of the boat leaving and then docking. It shows a likely scenario as to how the death happened. I believe Chaplin is played by Eddie Izzard, strangely, but he's surprisingly good in the role.

@ingriddubbel8468 5 лет назад

Yes, Izzard plays Chaplin.

@meirwise1107 5 лет назад

You omitted the fact that he wrote the classic universal song "smile" (though your heart is breaking).

@telephonetlm 4 года назад

Actually, Charlie Chaplin wrote a lot of very beautiful music, almost always as scores for his films. My favorite is "Theme To Limelight" which, if you aren't familiar with the song, do yourself a favor and give it a listen. It's a very beautiful song.

@lagitanavderoscio 5 лет назад

He was extremely funny. It was merciful and sweet what you say at the end. I do feel sometimes that he went into very dark places or states. He indeed made me laugh.

@scottmantooth8785 5 лет назад

everyone has a dark place...it's the desire and willingness to leave them where the struggles dance

@lagitanavderoscio 5 лет назад

Yes. I was merely bringing that into attention; not negatively speaking but humanly speaking.

@dancoughlan8001 5 лет назад

Charlie,Still and always loved by the world.Thank you for this one,Sir.😁

@kapil_kumar 5 лет назад

17:51. In 1925 Chaplin said in an interview that one day, when he will have enough money he’d make film about a failing clown, even if no one like it.

@DonBair 4 года назад

Simon, this is one of your best Bio's, truly enjoyable, thanks!

@Elvenpath 5 лет назад

Brilliant video once again. May I suggest Carolyn Jones? She had a rather interesting life though most just know her as Morticia.

@alanrogers7090 4 года назад

In 1992 a biographical film came out starring Robert Downey, Jr. as Chaplin. Geraldine Chaplin, Charlies real grand-daughter, played Chaplin's Mother. The film was great. I still watch it again every year or so.

@Davz616 4 года назад

It's a very underrated film and doesn't the attention it deserves. Downey Jr. was great in that role.

@narjitmankoo8478 5 лет назад

Hi Simon love your videos and this one about Charlie Chaplin is brilliant. From me its a 👍. I wouldn't mind a video about Stanley Kubrick

@gocuk925 5 лет назад

City lights still makes me cry, a true genius.

@Gar96229 4 года назад

It’s sad that such an inspirational ‘rags to riches’ story, was lead by such an awful, narcissist. Marlon Brando described him as being ‘the most sadistic man I’ve ever met.’

@ikarumizu 3 года назад

Marlon Brando was selfish, he didn't like being directed by Chaplin because Chaplin was a perfectionist and gave him continuously details throughout the movie and that was something Brandon detested.

@susactivities_ 3 года назад

@@ikarumizu well, it’s a movie

@susactivities_ 3 года назад

If you’re an actor you don’t just go on the stage and do whatever the hell you want

@itnaturalpurvance5111 5 лет назад

Great Bio. The only thing I can tell you missed was his romantic relationship with Edna Purviance. She was in quite a few of his films.

@jonfernandez8027 5 лет назад

Through out the video I was all: "Wait! What!?" I knew nothing about Chaplin prior to watching this, and now I know way too much.

@notebender4 5 лет назад

Good stuff as always Simon!

@GoldenBear_ 5 лет назад

Nice review. Did you mention that Nabakov supposedly based Lolita on him? Do note the name is Mack Sennett, he was also huge during the early silent era but had a career downturn even worse than Chaplin's. Perhaps you could do a feature on him sometime...

@adamgardiner5869 5 лет назад

How is it that I don't get sick of Simon Whistler even tho he narrates/hosts like 50 different channels most of which I watch avidly and daily. It's a conundrum that I'm happy exists, rock on my follicly challenged friend.

@ShadowDawn01 5 лет назад

I have never clicked on a video notification so fast in my life - finally you guys have covered him! Thank you so much

@sharonnadeau5319 4 года назад

If you really want to know how Charlie was, read his autobiography- this Bio Graphics highlights his faults and makes him out to be a monster- no word about his long marriage to Oona and his 8 children - plus 2 older sons and a baby who died a few days after his birth. Charlie was more caring and sympathetic that he gets credit for. I find him very honest and a decent person. Read about him and then you can appreciate him for the genius he was. With faults like all people-

@carolstubley3925 4 года назад

Just found your channel and have been binge watching this all morning, can’t wait for more. Charlie Chaplin was the saddest clown, karma really did get him in the end. Thank you Bio Channel from Perth West Australia 🇦🇺

@samlbrown6665 5 лет назад

Although countless millions of us have enjoyed Chaplins work, his misguided views and wretched behavior toward women can not be ignored. The consequences he suffered were overwhelmingly self inflicted.

@ladymopar2024 5 лет назад

Yeah my grandmother met him and she was a huge fan and he brushed your ass like you would brush off dirt

@conors4430 5 лет назад

saml brown miss guided views?

@gamermanh 5 лет назад

His first wife can get fucked, deserves a shitty marriage for pulling the pregnant card and lying about it Also his last wife sounds like she wasn't abused or anything so that's good He was an ass to the others but that doesn't mean all of his troubles were his fault Hell, being communist is fine, he just happened to be so at the WORST time in history to be so

@barbarat5729 5 лет назад

@@gamermanh Yeah. You can just forget about all of the teenaged girls he groomed and abused in between, right?

@GreedPainLove 5 лет назад

@@conors4430 You don't think being a stalinist is being a bit misguided to say the least?

@wrestkelly 5 лет назад

Buster Keaton or Fatty Arbuckle would be some good biographies to go along with this one.

@mathieuleader8601 5 лет назад

Olivia Bloom Chaplin's daughter played the Doctors mother in Doctor Who

@kanapotetakerngkeat3506 4 года назад

I love how after you said that “ even though Hitler steal his mustache” then you cut to Hitler probably saying “ Ich” (sorry I’m Thai) it’s so hilarious!

@rachelsnagg1928 5 лет назад

All the times you made sly comments about the girls' age are hilarious. This is a great piece

@heyheyhey7707 5 лет назад

Keep on making these videos. They're not only informational but also entertaining and addictive. You have a voice of a radio star that's intriguing to listen to. Thank you for the work that you do, which is much better than anything that you can find on television these days.