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t. e. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures.
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Mason K. Daring (born September 21, 1949, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American musician and composer of scores for film and television. He has worked on nearly all the films directed by John Sayles, adapting his style to fit whatever period in which the film is set. [1] Biography.
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At a circus midway, the penniless and hungry Tramp is mistaken for a pickpocket and chased by both the police and the real crook (the latter having stashed a stolen wallet and watch in the Tramp's pocket to avoid detection). Running away, the Tramp stumbles into the middle of a performance and unknowingly becomes the hit of the show. The ringmaster...
Development
Chaplin first began discussing his ideas for a film about a circus as early as 1920. In late 1925, he returned from New York to California and began working on developing the film at Charlie Chaplin Studios. Set designer Danny Hall sketched out Chaplin's early ideas for the film, with Chaplin returning to one of his older films, The Vagabond (1916), and drawing upon similar story ideas and themes for The Circus. Chaplin was a long time admirer of French comedian Max Linder, who had died in Oc...
Filming
Filming began on January 11, 1926 and the majority was completed by November. After the first month of filming, it was discovered that the film negative had been scratched; restoration work was able to eventually adjust the negative. A major fire broke out at Chaplin's studios in September, delaying production for a month. Chaplin was served with divorce papers by Lita Greyin December, and litigation delayed the release of the film for another year.
The Circus finally premiered in New York City on January 6, 1928, at the Strand Theatre, and in Los Angeles on January 27 at the Grauman's Chinese Theatre. It came right at the beginning of the sound film era, with the very first feature sound film, The Jazz Singer(1927), having been released just months earlier. Chaplin composed a new score for th...
The Circus was well received by audiences and critics, and while its performance at the box office was good, it earned less than The Gold Rush (1925). Some critics consider it and The Gold Rushto be Chaplin's two best comedies. In The New York Times, Mordaunt Hall reported that it was "likely to please intensely those who found something slightly w...
Film historian Jeffrey Vance views The Circusas an autobiographical metaphor: In his commentary track for the Criterion Collection home video release of the film, Vance notes:
In 1947, Hanns Eisler worked on music for the film. Eisler then used the music he composed for his Septet No. 2 ("Circus")for flute and piccolo, clarinet in B flat, bassoon, and string quartet. Eisler's sketch of scene sequences and rhythms is in the Hans Eisler Archive in Berlin. In 1967, Chaplin composed a new musical score for the film and a rec...
Charlie Chaplin was originally nominated for three Academy Awards, but the Academy took Chaplin out of the running by giving him a Special Award "for writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus."The Academy no longer lists Chaplin's nominations in their official list of nominees, although most unofficial lists include him.
The iconic image of the Tramp walking alone but jauntily into the distance that concluded several of Chaplin's earlier shorts, appears here for the first and only time in any of his feature-length film. (Modern Timeshad the Tramp with a companion.) The closing scene from The Circus is shown as the ending in both the 1992 biopic Chaplin and a 2021 d...
Lynn, Kenneth Schuyler (1997). Charlie Chaplin and his Times. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0-684-80851-X.Mitchell, Glenn (1997). The Chaplin Encyclopedia. B.T. Batsford Ltd. ISBN 0-7134-7938-8.Apr 12, 2024 · Charlie Chaplin, British comedian, producer, writer, director, and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen and one of the most important figures in motion-picture history. He is known for films such as The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), and Modern Times (1936).
Apr 3, 2014 · During the 1920s Chaplin's career blossomed even more. During the decade he made some landmark films, including The Kid (1921), The Pilgrim (1923), A Woman in Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), a ...
Jan 31, 2023 · Mason Daring. Mason Daring graduated cum laude as a music major in 1971 from Amherst College. He grabbed his first guitar in the 7th grade and had his first band, The Squires, in the 8th grade. At Amherst, his first band was called Things That Go Bump in The Night and his final college band, Daring, Jones, Southworth and McNeer, signed with ...
Facts. Also Known As. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin. Born. April 16, 1889 • London • England. Died. December 25, 1977 (aged 88) • Switzerland. Founder. United Artists Corporation.
