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The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire black comedy film written, directed, produced by, and starring, British filmmaker Charlie Chaplin.Having been the only Hollywood filmmaker to continue to make silent films well into the period of sound films, Chaplin made this his first true sound film.
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (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.
Shanghai Knights is a 2003 American martial arts action comedy film.It is the sequel to Shanghai Noon, and the second installment of the Shanghai film series.Directed by David Dobkin and written by Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, it stars Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong, Donnie Yen and Aidan Gillen.
Daryl Johnson on Louis Armstrong. Cast: Thomas Middleditch as Sam Zemurray Craig Anstett as Lee Christmas Ben Covette as Guy Molony Rudy Mancuso as Manuel Bonilla Jason Momoa as Jean Lafitte Jack McBrayer as Andrew Jackson Andre Royo as King Oliver Maestro Harrell as Louis Armstrong Miles Brown as Young Louis Armstrong
Charlie Chaplin: 1944: Acquitted: Chaplin met Joan Barry, age 24, in 1941. He signed her to a $75-a-week contract for a film he was putting together, and she became his mistress. By mid-1942, Chaplin let her contract expire. To send her home, Chaplin paid her train fare to New York which led to his arrest. [21] [27] Chaplin was acquitted of the ...
Toured with Jack Johnson's vaudeville show in 1923 and worked on the legit stage. O'Shea worked as a leading man in films in the 1940s and 1950s. [138] Jack Osterman April 8, 1902 June 8, 1939 American Comedian known as the "Bad Boy of Broadway" In the 1920s Osterman was earning $1750 a week as a headliner and revue star.
May 12—Jack Chaplin was constantly involved with, or planning, an array of projects. But to watch him mingle with diners at his Daddy Jack's restaurant in New London, or sit in with beloved ...
(Sir) Charlie Chaplin (KBE) (1889–1977) was an English internationally renowned Academy Award-winning actor, comedian, filmmaker and composer who was best known for his career in Hollywood motion pictures from his debut in 1914 until 1952, he however subsequently appeared in two films in his native England.