Charlie Chaplin is not a Jew (as has been repeatedly claimed in many quarters – “Charlie is a Jew,” the “Daily Express wrote in an editorial only this week). In a new book entitled “Charlie Chaplin: ...

In an alternate timeline, Charlie Chaplin played Napoleon Bonaparte in a movie written by a world-famous military officer.

Charlie Chaplin: A Brief Life (Nan A. Talese/Doubleday), by Peter Ackroyd In 1914, Keystone Studios released two short films that gave a world marching to war a reason to laugh. Their titles, Kid Auto ...

Showtime documentary The Real Charlie Chaplin is a rarity, a biography that does justice to its topic, covering it from mop of curls to duck-toed boots, in two hours. Peter Middleton and James Spinney ...

Charles “Charlie” Chaplin (April 16, 1889 – December 25, 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best-known for his work during the silent film era. He used mime, slapstick and ...

Originally published Jan. 8, 1993. Editor’s note: Oscar-winning British director and actor Richard Attenborough, who died Sunday at 90 in London, visited New Orleans in late 1992 to promote “Chaplin,” ...