Chaplin always had that effect on his audience, even on his 136th year birthday. Charles Charlie Chaplin was born on 16 April 1889. Chaplin’s childhood in London was one of poverty and hardship.

CANNES, France (AP) — One hundred years after Charlie Chaplin made dinner rolls dance and ate his shoe like it was a fine meal, “The Gold Rush” has been vividly brought back to life in a new ...