Play has its moments but falls into the usual trap of trying to cover too much ground. For a pleasing if derivative kickoff, young Charlie (Jake Schwenke) makes his London music-hall debut with mum ...

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Chaplin the man is the subject of Peter Middleton and James Spinney’s feature-length documentary, which in its stream-of-consciousness approach and the supple, conversational narration of actress ...

Limelight is billed as follows by La Jolla: "Charlie Chaplin came to America an unknown and left amidst scandals and controversy. In between, he became one of the best-loved and most famous ...

Charles Chaplin, for whom silence used to be golden, is furiously loquacious in “Limelight,” and while the ideas he is expounding are meritorious (he is in favor of charity and love), he pours them ...

In Charlie Chaplin’s Limelight, this line is part of a tender exchange that captures the film’s soul. Calvero, the faded clown, comforts the young ballerina Terry, reminding her that life’s worth ...

While overseas promoting his film Limelight, Charlie Chaplin was banned from re-entering the United States by that persnickety cross-dresser, J. Edgar Hoover. Chaplin’s offense had nothing to do with ...

The Museum of Modern Art has worked on a meticulous restoration of Chaplin’s 1918 film “Shoulder Arms,” screening on Thursday, that likely differs in every frame from what viewers have seen. By Ben ...

When Charlie Chaplin passed away on Christmas Day in 1977, aged 88, he left the screenplay for a last unfinished film titled “The Freak,” a passion project about a young woman with wings named Serapha ...