Charlie Chaplin

This is a book written by Charlie Chaplin about his vacation just after the first World War to New York, England, France, and Germany. It is a travelogue of the people he meets and the places he goes. Written with many humorous and serious moments. He meets other famous people as well as tells of his business deals, but it's mostly a book about his vacation and wanting to get away from the Hollywood celebrity life for a few months. Charlie would later write about this vacation again in his book, "My Autobiography," telling of it in Chapter Seventeen, but with very little detail. This book was also known by the name "My Trip Abroad" when published in the United States of America, and as "Hallo Europa!" in Germany. This version only has ten photographs in it compared to the U.S. version that has 17 photos.

Charlie befriends a beautiful girl on board a passenger ship to America. Once ashore they become involved in Charlie's usual escapades. In New York, Charlie spends his last coin on a meal for the young woman he has befriended aboard ship. The coin turns out to be counterfeit resulting in an episode that has hilarious consequences for all concerned. This somewhat autobiographical film was censored in later versions, the most commonly deleted scene is the sequence where the immigrants in third class are herded like cattle in steerage, as they pass the Statue of Liberty. Chaplin's experiences as a young man living in London's slums gave him a vision of the world of the underpriveleged that he would later romanticize and transform into comedy in the many films featuring his alter ego "The Little Tramp".

A collection of Chaplin's films at Essanay Studios. His new job: Charlie applies for a job as an actor at a film studio. A night out: Charlie and Turpin are drunks about town, starting at a cafe and ending in a risque hotel room mix-up with a pretty girl. The Champion: Pint-sized Charlie defeats the bone-crushing champion prizefighter with the able assistance of his bulldog. In the park: Charlie interferes in the lives of two star-crossed lovers. A Jitney elopement: Charlie rescues his sweetheart from an arranged marriage by posing as Count Chloride de Lime. featuring the Ford automobile.

A suave family man supports his wife and son by marrying and murdering wealthy widows.

Charlie Chaplin came to Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios late in 1913 as a little-known British vaudevillian. After a year, he had not only established his Tramp character, he also learned to write and direct his own films and achieved public recognition as a star comedian. The Chaplin at Keystone collection contains over thirty of Charlie Chaplin's greatest works.