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Charlie Chaplin is a legendary figure in the history of cinema, who was a pioneering actor, filmmaker, and comedian He was so talented that he wrote, directed, and produced many of his own films Charlie even did a lot of his own stunts, and for that time period, they were pretty intense Born in London[...]

The Great Dictator is a 1940 American film starring, written, produced, scored, and directed by Charlie Chaplin This was Chaplin's first true talking picture as well as his most commercially successful film Today this 80-year-old film is not only still startlingly poignant, but staggeringly relevant The Great Dictator is arguably Charlie Chaplin's best and most[...]

There was to be a comedy scene in the ride, which would have featured animatronics of Mae West, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, and more The ending would have been a dimly lit room showing some of Hollywood's greatest characters, ending with Mickey Mouse There was also to be more Wizard of Oz, but MGM was[...]

Milt Gross was known as a cartoonist, animator (for Disney and MGM), novelist and screenwriter (co-writing with Charlie Chaplin) He is also known for having written and drawn one of the first graphic novels, He Done Her Wrong, in 1930. Now IDW Publishing and Yoe Books are teaming up to release his 'lost' grpahic novel, Milt[...]

I recently watched a much-maligned work of another great comedian, Charlie Chaplin's film, "Monsieur Verdoux" I was spellbound by this film, and consider it to be one of Chaplin's best. Bear with me, I'll get back to Miley's buttocks soon enough. Watching "Monsieur Verdoux", and then reading about the how the critics and public attacked this film[...]