15 Things You Didn't Know About Charlie Chaplin

[Music] fifteen things you didn't know about Charlie Chaplin welcome to a Lux calm the place where future billionaires come to get inspired hello there a lectures and thank you for joining us for another fun video here in a lakhs we love to celebrate pioneering and innovative figures in all fields from science to business to art and entertainment and today we have a video about the life of one of the entertainment industry's earliest and most beloved stars Charlie Chaplin born on April 16 1889 Charles Spencer Chaplin was an English comic filmmaker and composer whose work came to define the brilliance of the silent movie era becoming known the world over for his on-screen transfer Sona Chaplin is considered to be one of the most important figures in the history of film enjoying a career that spanned more than 75 years that's the kind of longevity today's stars could only dream of Chaplin films like modern times the kid city lights the gold rush and the Great Dictator have all come known to be regarded as early film classics with audiences laughing up not only the great man's acting talent but also his filmmaking skills so it's lights camera action and on to 15 things you may not have known about Charlie Chaplin number one he began his performing career as a child both of Charlie Chaplin's parents were involved in the entertainment business in Victorian England so it's no surprise that their son followed in their footsteps from an early age at five years old he replaced his ill mother at a music-hall show singing his first song Jack Jones in front of a large crowd of soldiers liking his first taste of the stage life Chaplin would soon join a juvenile clog dance group where he worked alongside another entertainment legend Stan Laurel of Laurel & Hardy number two he once entered a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest and lost one of the more incredible and hilarious anecdotes of Charlie Chaplin's life is that the performer once entered into a Charlie Chaplin look-alike test and lost the event was held in San Francisco in 1915 and failing to see that the real deal was standing right in front of them the competition judges only saw fit to award the real mr. Chaplin with the third prize rosette neither the judges nor the audience realized that they were in the presence of true greatness number three he was the first actor to appear on the cover of Time magazine though Time magazine is now renowned for its issue covers sometimes equally controversial as they are influential did you know that Charlie Chaplin was actually the first actor to grace the cover this honor was bestowed onto him on July 6 1925 and before then the cover had traditionally been focused on politicians and military personnel as well as high society figures for example Republican Theodore Burton paleontologist Richard Swan Lowe and inventor Thomas Edison the choice to align Chaplin with these great and powerful men is a testament to the impact he had on society number four he never won an acting Oscar though his name is synonymous for brilliance in early filmmaking and his legend has continued to grow over time the sad truth is that Charlie Chaplin never won an Academy Award in any of the officially recognized categories inside Oscar circles there were rumors that this was due to a public to stain that he had for the Academy Chaplin does however have three non acting Oscars to his name in 1929 he picked up an honorary Oscar for versatility and genius in writing directing and producing the circus a second honorary statuette in 1972 for the incalculable effect he had in making motion pictures the art form of the century and a third final Oscar in 1973 winning Best Score for the movie limelight number 5 he was worth an estimated 50 million dollars at the time of his death on Christmas Day 1977 it is estimated that Charlie Chaplin's net worth was approximately 50 million dollars that's 207 million dollars in 2017 money after signing his first contract with Fred Karno and making his first on-screen appearance in the 1914 film making a living Chaplin went on to make the savvy decision to found United Artists giving him full control over the entirety of his career a true cinematic powerhouse Chaplin not only acted but wrote directed composed and produced the majority of his work and having that much control in the moviemaking industry is bound to bring the dollars flooding in it's no surprise that for a large period in his Peak career Chaplin was the highest pay performer in the world number six at his peak he became richer than the President of the United States in fact Chaplin was becoming so wealthy thanks to his business savvy and undeniable talents but it began to make more money than the President of the United States in 1916 the annual salary for the President Woodrow Wilson was $75,000 a year 1.7 million dollars by today's standards in almost unbelievable contrast Chaplin signed a contract with a mutual film Corporation of New York in 1916 that increased his annual salary to six hundred and seventy thousand dollars per year that's the 2017 equivalent of an incredible 15 point seven million dollars number seven he was reluctant to introduce talking into his films we all know Charlie Chaplin is the Godfather of silent filmmaking and his reputation has perhaps partially stuck due to the performers reluctance to introduce talking and modern sound elements into his films as the talkies began to take over the movie industry Chaplin remained stubborn convinced that using sound would ruin his then latest picture the Little however Chaplin did eventually start to incorporate some aspects of the new technology into his movies like city lights and modern times but 1940s the Great Dictator was the first and only full sound movie that Charlie Chaplin ever produced number eight he never became a citizen of the United States despite having lived in the country for nearly 40 years Charlie Chaplin never actually became a US citizen after the release of the film modern times Chaplin started to gain a reputation as being a communist sympathizer one of the worst accusations a performer could face at the time in 1952 this escalated to such a degree that the US government actually revoked his permit and Chaplin was unable to return to America after leaving for a vacation to England as a result of this Chaplin decided to move to Switzerland where he remained for the rest of his life the only time he ever returned to the United States was to accept his honorary Oscar in 1972 number nine he had four wives and 11 children audiences fell for his charm on screen and it seems that Charlie Chaplin continued his charming ways in his personal life Chaplin was married four times each time two women much younger than he his first marriage was to Mildred Harris in 1918 when he was 29 and she was 16 his second to actress Aleta grey also 16 his third at the age of 47 to Paulette Goddard 28 and his fourth and final Union to eighteen-year-old Oona O'Neill when he was 54 Charlie and Oona had an amazing eight children together stayed married until his death in 1977 and his total brood count stands at 11 with three other children being born in his first three marriages number 10 he is credited with saving Disney something that you might not hear much about is the fact that Charlie Chaplin is credited with playing a significant role in saving Disney before the release of their first feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarves in 1937 the story goes that Walt Disney was unsure about the quality of the movie recognizing greatness when he saw it Walt's friend Charlie encouraged him to believe in the project instilling in him the confidence he needed to be fully committed to the cause Walt rediscovered his passion Snow White became a genre defining hit and the rest as they say is history if you want to learn more about the great Walt Disney then click on the top right hand corner for our dedicated video [Music] number eleven audiences were shocked upon learning that he had blue eyes the main problem with the black-and-white cinema is that well audiences were unable to pick up on all the details that we take for granted in today's Technicolor landscape during the height of his fame audiences had always believed that Charlie Chaplin's eyes were a deep brown of how a seemingly small thing audiences were so shocked upon discovering that Chaplin's eyes were in fact a piercing blue that it actually made headline news in several different destinations number 12 he was great friends with Albert Einstein though the two came from completely different worlds a fun fact is that Charlie Chaplin and legendary scientific mind Albert Einstein were actually the best of friends the pair reportedly met in 1931 and struck up a strong and long-lasting friendship Einstein was a guest of honor as the premiere of Chaplin's hit movie city lights in Los Angeles on February 2nd 1931 number 13 there is an asteroid named in his honor when people call Charlie Chaplin a star they're actually being much more accurate than they might think on October 4th 1981 a Russian astronomer Ludmila Akash kena discovered a main-belt asteroid in the night sky at this time Charlie Chaplin had already been dead for four years and as a special tribute to one of her favorite performers she decided to name the asteroid 36:23 Chaplin there aren't many actors that can say they have received such an honor number 14 his daughter portrayed his mother in his biopic in an interesting turn of fate Geraldine Chaplin one of the daughters of Charlie and Oona O'Neill played the role of her own grandmother Hannah Chaplin in a big-screen adaptation of the actor's life the 1992 film simply named Chaplin was directed by a Richard Attenborough and featured Robert Downey jr. as the titular star the film was a critical success and garnered three Oscar nominations three Golden Globe nominations and four BAFTA nominations with Downey jr. picking up the BAFTA for Best Actor number 15 he didn't receive his star on the Walk of Fame until 1972 as you know the only time Chaplin ever returned to the United States after his 1952 exile was in 1972 to accept his honorary Academy Award on this same trip he was also honored with a long-overdue star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame the project to bestow that particular honor on Chaplin was set into motion at more than 20 years before that but due to the controversy surrounding his political views these plans were put on indefinite hold until the occasion thankfully arose just five years before his death thank you for joining us today a lectures we hope you've enjoyed learning about the wonderful world of Charlie Chaplin are you an old film buff do you agree that Charlie Chaplin is one of the all-time greats who else from the silent movie film era gets your vote let us know down in the comments and how about one last final fact consider it a bonus reward for staying with us all the way to the end number 15 he once met Gandhi their lives and causes feel like they were a million miles of heart but on September 22nd 1931 Charlie Chaplin met Indian pacifist leader and icon Mahatma Gandhi the pair crossed paths in Canning Town one of the most poverty stricken boroughs of London at that time while Gandhi was visiting England to attend a conference thank you for spending some time with us a lexer make sure to subscribe so you never miss a video if you want more we hand-picked these videos you might enjoy or head over to a locks calm for the best in fine living content on the planet be a part of the largest community of luxury enthusiasts in the world and tell your story

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Published: Mon May 22 2017