![]() ![]() It is still difficult to determine whether Monsieur Verdoux would have been better received had he not been suffering from the attentions of HUAC. (Chaplin’s character was based on French murderer Henri Landru, who was known as the of France when he went on his killing spree during the 1910s.) was an utter failure commercially upon its release-his first since A Woman of Paris 24 years earlier-and critical opinion was divided, although Chaplin’s screenplay was nominated for an Oscar. Chaplin starred in that “Comedy of Murders” (as Monsieur Verdoux was promoted) as Henri Verdoux, a happily married father and former bank clerk who becomes the scourge of 1930s Paris by romancing and then killing a series of rich widows and spinsters for their fortunes. In the Barry suit the courts ruled against Chaplin in 1944 he was named the father of Barry’s child, although he was cleared of the more serious charges of violating the Mann Act, which prohibited interstate transportation of women for “immoral purposes.” His darkest comedy, Monsieur Verdoux, was released in 1947, and by then Chaplin was in the headlines again, as possibly being called before the (HUAC) to testify about his relations with communists, especially exiled German composer Hanns Eisler. His subsequent stage credits include a small role in ’s Sherlock Holmes (1899) and a stint with the act Casey’s Court Circus. ![]() Using his mother’s show-business contacts, Charlie became a professional entertainer in 1897 when he joined the Eight Lancashire Lads, a clog-dancing act. Charlie and his half brother Sydney were sent to a series of bleak and residential schools. The mentally unstable Hall was later confined to an asylum. He spent his early childhood with his mother, the singer Hannah Hall, after she and his father separated, and he made his own stage debut at age five, filling in for his mother. Early life and career Chaplin was named after his father, a British entertainer. ![]() Alternative Title: Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Charlie Chaplin, byname of Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, (born April 16, 1889, England-died December 25, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland), 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. ![]()
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