Plenty of directors have impacted popular culture, and Charlie Chaplin is one of the most influential ones. He has worked on dozens of movies and made audiences laugh with his silent films. However, ...

There is no form of humor more elemental than slapstick. A purely visual style, it was perfectly suited to silent ?lm. With nothing more than a loose scenario of pratfalls and chases, the right talent ...

Legendary actor Charlie Chaplin, born April 16, 1889, in London, England paved the way for the Hollywood film industry. Chaplin’s famous slapstick humor led him off the stage and onto the big screen ...

I think most of us went to the City Performance Hall last night for the slapstick. I’m not ashamed to say it: I love Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd and Charlie Chaplin. I love big guy/ little guy moments ...

Charlie Chaplin supposedly entered a lookalike contest — and lost. There are many accounts, and the most plausible describes a ...

Still beloved by children the world over, Chaplin, despite his humble origins, was a renaissance man – accomplished comedian, actor, composer, writer – and business executive. He was unquestionably ...

Comic genius is an overused term especially at this time of year, but Marcel Cole’s hour-long homage to the king of silent-movie slapstick, and beyond, warrants such an accolade on several levels.