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Chaplin (film)

Chaplin is a 1992 biographical comedy-drama film about the life of British comedian Charlie Chaplin. It was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Robert Downey, Jr., Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, Penelope Ann Miller, and Kevin Kline. It also features Geraldine Chaplin in the role of her own paternal grandmother, Hannah Chaplin.

The film was adapted by William Boyd, Bryan Forbes and William Goldman from the books My Autobiography by Chaplin and Chaplin: His Life and Art by film critic David Robinson. Associate producer Diana Hawkins got a story credit. The original music score was composed by John Barry.

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Chaplin (1993 musical)

Chaplin is a musical about the early life of the silent film star Charlie Chaplin. The first act is portrayed in the genre of the British music hall, while in the second act, Chaplin goes to Hollywood, where he becomes "the Little Tramp".

The musical was announced to premiere on Broadway in 1981, but the project was cancelled. An abridged version premiered in Miami, Florida, in 1993 and played in Sarasota, New York, in 2001. The musical had a brief run in London in 2012.

Chaplin (2006 musical)

Chaplin: The Musical, formerly titled Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin, is a musical with music and lyrics by Christopher Curtis and a book by Curtis and Thomas Meehan. The show is based on the life of Charlie Chaplin. The musical, which started at the New York Musical Theatre Festival in 2006, debuted at the La Jolla Playhouse in 2010, and then premiered on Broadway in 2012.

Chaplin (name)

Chaplin is a surname of English, Ukrainian and Belarusian origin. Surnames of English origin are derived from the occupational name for a clergyman, while Ukrainian and Belarusian uses are derived from chaplya, meaning ‘heron’ or ‘stork’. The surname Chaplin may refer to:

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In competition, or rather juxtaposition, a Dixieland jazz trio strikes up, and as Duffy crosses Ship Street he is nearly run over by a unicyclist dressed as Charlie Chaplin.

He passed a shop and peered into the window at statuettes of the Empire State Building and Miss Liberty, plates emblazoned with the skyline, foot-tall dummies of Charlie Chaplin and Madonna and Elvis.

As he reached the front door he caught Chaplin, the janitor, emerging from the basement.

At that moment, down in the basement, Michelmas Chaplin was obeying his mother, and opening the furnace door.

Even Chaplin was there, much of his flesh burned away, his rib-cage played upon indifferently well.

She was beginning to respect just how gymnastic Chaplin must have been.

Susan Chaplin sat out in the charming garden cafe of the Gralyn Hotel on N Street.

Harold Lloyd was a huge star, right up there with Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.

I had always considered Charlie Chaplin brilliant and imaginative, but he had never made me roar with laughter as had the audiences of his heyday.

The same group of friends got together Saturday nights after the Sabbath and went to the movies, especially if Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton were being shown.

Next, his favorites had been comedies especially those starring Charlie Chaplin or Buster Keaton.

A black swathe of hair hung over one eyebrow, a Charlie Chaplin moustache sat beneath the nose of the contorting face.

Charlie Chaplin called The Cure, and something with Gloria Swanson called Teddy at the Throttle.

They even saw Charlie Chaplin arrive, being driven by his Japanese chauffeur.

But the children were even more excited when George took them to the latest Mack Sennett comedy and Charlie Chaplin movie.