"Lausanne, Switzerland. The British Film Institute has also established the Charles Chaplin Research Foundation, and the first international Charles Chaplin Conference was held in London in July 2005. Chaplin is the subject of a biographical film, ""Chaplin"" (1992) directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Geraldine Chaplin playing Hannah Chaplin. He is also a character in the period drama film ""The Cat's Meow"" (2001), played by Eddie Izzard, and in the made-for-television movie ""The Scarlett O'Hara War"" (1980), played by Clive Revill. A television series about Chaplin's childhood, ""Young Charlie Chaplin"", ran on"
"later years in Woodland Hills, California, at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital, a retirement community, where he died of natural causes on May 19, 2016, at the age of 96. Alan Young Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British–American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio and television host/personality who ""TV Guide"" called ""the Charlie Chaplin of television"". He was best known for his role as gentle Wilbur Post in the television comedy series, ""Mister Ed"" (1961–1966). Young was also the voice of Disney's Scrooge McDuck for over thirty"
"Alan Young Alan Young (born Angus Young; November 19, 1919 – May 19, 2016) was a British–American actor, voice actor, comedian and radio and television host/personality who ""TV Guide"" called ""the Charlie Chaplin of television"". He was best known for his role as gentle Wilbur Post in the television comedy series, ""Mister Ed"" (1961–1966). Young was also the voice of Disney's Scrooge McDuck for over thirty years, first in the Academy Award-nominated short film ""Mickey's Christmas Carol"" (1983) and in various other films, TV series and video games until his death. During the 1940s and 1950s, he starred in his"
"The Cat in the Hat (film) The Cat in the Hat (also known as Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat) is a 2003 American fantasy comedy film directed by Bo Welch in his directorial debut and based on Dr. Seuss’s book of the same name. Starring Mike Myers, Dakota Fanning, Spencer Breslin, Alec Baldwin and Kelly Preston, it is the second feature-length Dr. Seuss adaptation after the 2000 film ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas"". The idea was originally conceived in 2001 with Tim Allen initially cast as the Cat, but he dropped his role due to work on ""The"
"Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin is a 2003 American biographical documentary film written and directed by film critic Richard Schickel. The film explores the personal and professional life of the British actor, comedian and filmmaker, Charlie Chaplin, as well as his legacy and influence. It is narrated by Sydney Pollack along with many Hollywood personalities appearing in the film talking about Chaplin, including Robert Downey Jr., Norman Lloyd, Bill Irwin, Woody Allen, Johnny Depp, Richard Attenborough, Martin Scorsese, Miloš Forman, Marcel Marceau, David Raksin, Claire Bloom, David Thomson, Andrew"
"in such films as Francis Ford Coppola's adaptation of ""Bram Stoker's Dracula"", ""The Crush"", ""The Jungle Book"" (1994), ""Twister"", ""Liar Liar"", and ""Kiss the Girls"". In 1999, he portrayed famed theatre and film producer John Houseman for Tim Robbins in his ensemble film based on Orson Welles's musical, ""Cradle Will Rock"". And months after that he traveled to Luxembourg to work with John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe in ""Shadow of the Vampire"". In 2001, he co-starred in Peter Bogdanovich's ensemble film ""The Cat's Meow"" portraying movie mogul Thomas Ince who died mysteriously while vacationing with William Randolph Hearst on his"
"answer to political and moral charges. Crestfallen, Charlie decided to spend the next 20 years living in Veney, Switzerland. Back to 1971, Charlie is escorted to the stage while deeply regarding what he will tell his audience (""Finale""). Cast Cast Charlie Chaplin (age 82) - Richard Harris Hannah Chaplin - Petula Clark Charlie Chaplin (middle years) - Peter Duncan Mack Sennett - Mel Brooks Oona Chaplin - Lea Salonga Sydney Chaplin - Johnny Logan Tippy Gray - Tim Curry J. Edgar Hoover - Treat Williams Fan Club President - David Pomeranz Mr. Blackmore - Mel Smith Charlie Chaplin (age 9)"
"wrote Ann Hornaday of ""The Washington Post"". ""Based on an urban legend that has been quietly circulating around Hollywood for almost four decades, ""The Cat's Meow"" would be grounds for libel if the libeled one were still alive … Bogdanovich directs ""The Cat's Meow"" with unfussy clarity, introducing a crowded cast of characters with quick scenes that immediately convey who they are and what they're up to. In the 1970s films ""The Last Picture Show"" and ""Paper Moon"", Bogdanovich coaxed some wonderful performances from his actors, and he clearly hasn't lost that touch: Herrmann inhabits Hearst completely (he even bears"
"Brooklyn, New York, and raised in North Babylon, New York, where he attended public school. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Film and Television. Steven Peros Steven Peros is an American playwright, screenwriter, director, and television writer. He is the author of both the stage play and screenplay for ""The Cat's Meow"", which was made into the 2002 Lionsgate film directed by Peter Bogdanovich and starring Kirsten Dunst, Eddie Izzard, Edward Herrmann, Cary Elwes, Jennifer Tilly, and Joanna Lumley. Additional Film Writing credits include his directorial debut, ""Footprints"" (2011), which was"
"Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 2012: Bradley Cooper – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Jr. ‡ 2013: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Wolf of Wall Street"" as Jordan Belfort ‡ 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"" as Riggan Thomson ‡ 2015: Christian Bale – ""The Big Short"" as Michael Burry ‡ 2016: Ryan Reynolds – ""Deadpool"""
"Peter Bogdanovich Peter Bogdanovich (Serbian: Петар Богдановић, ""Petar Bogdanović"", born July 30, 1939) is an American director, writer, actor, producer, critic and film historian. He is part of the wave of ""New Hollywood"" directors, and his most critically acclaimed and well-known film is the drama ""The Last Picture Show"" (1971). Bogdanovich also directed the thriller ""Targets"" (1968), the screwball comedy ""What's Up, Doc?"" (1972), the comedy-drama ""Paper Moon"" (1973), ""They All Laughed"" (1981), the drama ""Mask"" (1985), and ""The Cat's Meow"" (2001). His most recent film, ""She's Funny That Way"", was released in 2014. Bogdanovich was born in Kingston, New"
"as Wade Wilson / Deadpool 2017: James Franco – ""The Disaster Artist"" as Tommy Wiseau 2018: 2 nominations 3 nominations Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy The Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Actor in a Comedy is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Broadcast Film Critics Association (BFCA) at their annual Critics' Choice Movie Awards. 2012: Bradley Cooper – ""Silver Linings Playbook"" as Patrizio ""Pat"" Solitano, Jr. ‡ 2013: Leonardo DiCaprio – ""The Wolf of Wall Street"" as Jordan Belfort ‡ 2014: Michael Keaton – ""Birdman"""
"Chaplin (film) Chaplin is a 1992 British-American biographical comedy-drama film about the life of British comedian Charlie Chaplin. It was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, Penelope Ann Miller, and Kevin Kline. It also features Geraldine Chaplin in the role of her own paternal grandmother, Hannah Chaplin. The film was adapted by William Boyd, Bryan Forbes and William Goldman from the books ""My Autobiography"" by Chaplin and """" by film critic David Robinson. Associate producer Diana Hawkins got a story credit. The original music score was composed by John Barry. The"
"Peter MacNicol Peter MacNicol (born April 10, 1954) is an American actor. He received a Theatre World Award for his 1981 Broadway debut in the play ""Crimes of the Heart"". His film roles include Galen in ""Dragonslayer"" (1981), Stingo in ""Sophie's Choice"" (1982), Janosz Poha in ""Ghostbusters II"" (1989), camp organizer Gary Granger in ""Addams Family Values"" (1993), and David Langley in ""Bean"" (1997). MacNicol won the 2001 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series for his role as the eccentric lawyer John Cage in the FOX comedy-drama ""Ally McBeal"" (1997–2002). He is also known for"
"Leo White Leo White (November 10, 1882 – September 20, 1948) was a German-born English-American film and stage actor who appeared as a character actor in many Charlie Chaplin films. Born in Germany, White grew up in England where he started his stage career. He was brought to the United States under the aegis of Daniel Frohman, a well known Broadway producer. He started his film career in 1911 and in 1913 moved to the Essanay Studios. In 1915, he began appearing in Chaplin's comedies and continued through Chaplin's Mutual Film comedies. His last appearance in a Chaplin film was"
"rare comic form"" in the role. Herrmann also had a supporting role as William Randolph Hearst in the 2001 film ""The Cat's Meow"", starring Kirsten Dunst as Marion Davies. A. O. Scott praised Herrmann as performing ""with remarkable emotional agility"" while Kevin Thomas noted the resemblance Herrmann had to Hearst as being better than some of his costars. Herrmann had a small role as Joseph Breen in the 2004 film ""The Aviator"", being assessed by Rich Drees as joining several actors in making ""memorable moments"" and cited by Roger Friedman of joining other featured actors in creating ""lovely cameos"". In"
"2.9/10. The sites consensus states ""Sloppily-made, amateurish, and scarce on laughs, The Wash can't compare to Richard Pryor's 1976 Car Wash."" The Wash (2001 film) The Wash is a 2001 comedy film written, produced and directed by DJ Pooh. The film stars Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and DJ Pooh, with appearances by Eminem, Ludacris, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, Xzibit and Pauly Shore. The film was released on November 16, 2001. Sean (Dre) and Dee Loc (Snoop) are roommates who have not paid their rent, and their landlord's given them a 3-day eviction notice. To make matters worse, Sean has just lost"
"sing. Also in 2001, she starred in the historical drama ""The Cat's Meow"", directed by Peter Bogdanovich, as the American actress Marion Davies. Derek Elley of ""Variety"" described the film as ""playful and sporty"", saying that this was Dunst's best performance to date: ""Believable as both a spoiled ingenue and a lover to two very different men, Dunst endows a potentially lightweight character with considerable depth and sympathy."" For her work, she won the Best Actress Silver Ombú category award at the 2002 Mar del Plata International Film Festival. In 2002, Dunst co-starred opposite Tobey Maguire in the superhero film"
"a thinly veiled version of Hopper, on the AMC's show ""The Lot"", a comedic limited series about the Golden Age of Hollywood. In 1999 by Fiona Shaw in the movie ""RKO 281"". In 2002 by Ingrid van Bergen in ""The Man in the Moon. A Radio-ballett with Charlie Chaplin. A piece for Acoustic Stage Dt. Der Mann im Mond. Ein Radio-Ballett mit Charlie Chaplin. Stück für Akustische Bühne. Written by Evelyn Dörr"", on WDR in 2002. In 2006 by Joanne Linville in ""James Dean"" (2001 TV film). In 2006 by Jenn Colella in ""Chaplin: The Musical"", on Broadway in 2012."
"play ""Race"" on Broadway. Izzard has appeared in numerous films, starting with 1996's ""The Secret Agent"". He has appeared as several real-life individuals, including Charlie Chaplin in ""The Cat's Meow"", actor Gustav von Wangenheim in ""Shadow of the Vampire"" and General Erich Fellgiebel in ""Valkyrie"". Other roles have included Mr. Kite in ""Across the Universe"", Lussurioso in ""Revengers Tragedy"" and criminal expert Roman Nagel in ""Ocean's Twelve"" and ""Ocean's Thirteen"". Voice work has included the titular It in ""Five Children and It"", Nigel in ""The Wild"" and the mouse warrior Reepicheep in ""The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian."" He said"
"worldwide box office of $109 million. Breslin then returned to the big screen starring alongside Dakota Fanning and Mike Myers as a cute, messy, troublemaker squabbling brother of Fanning's in the 2003 fantasy comedy film ""The Cat in the Hat"", which grossed $134 million, making it the fifth-highest-grossing holiday movie ever. Co-star Alec Baldwin and director Bo Welch lauded Breslin for his Snagglepuss-like ""horizontal lisp,"" the New York sound of his voice, and his capacity to convey ""every shade of neurosis."" Film reviewer Philip Morency wrote: ""Spencer Breslin plays the bratty, obnoxious boy. He makes you want to shoot him."""
"lists include him. The Academy Film Archive preserved ""The Circus"" in 2002. The Circus (film) The Circus is a 1928 silent film written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. The film stars Chaplin, Al Ernest Garcia, Merna Kennedy, Harry Crocker, George Davis and Henry Bergman. The ringmaster of an impoverished circus hires Chaplin's Little Tramp as a clown, but discovers that he can only be funny unintentionally, not on purpose. The production of the film was the most difficult experience in Chaplin's career. Numerous problems and delays occurred, including a studio fire, the death of Chaplin's mother, as well as Chaplin's"
"Frances Biddle, is a mystery based on the 1924 death of producer Thomas Ince aboard the yacht of William Randolph Hearst. This fictitious version presents Chaplin and Davies as lovers and Hearst as the jealous old man unwilling to share his mistress. ""RKO 281"" is a 1999 film about the making of ""Citizen Kane"". The movie includes a scene depicting screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz telling director Orson Welles his account of the incident. ""The Cat's Meow"", the 2001 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, is another fictitious version of Ince's death. Bogdanovich claims that he heard the story from director Orson Welles,"
"Cheech Marin Richard Anthony ""Cheech"" Marin (born July 13, 1946) is a Mexican-American stand-up comedian, actor, voice actor, writer and activist who gained recognition as part of the comedy act Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with Tommy Chong and as Don Johnson's partner, Insp. Joe Dominguez, on ""Nash Bridges"". He has also voiced characters in several Disney films, including ""Oliver & Company"", ""The Lion King"", the ""Cars"" series, ""Coco"" and ""Beverly Hills Chihuahua"". Marin's trademark is his characters' strong Chicano accents. Marin was born in Los Angeles, California, to Mexican American parents, Oscar Marin, a policeman"
"The soundtrack to ""Chaplin"" was released on December 15, 1992. Chaplin (film) Chaplin is a 1992 British-American biographical comedy-drama film about the life of British comedian Charlie Chaplin. It was produced and directed by Richard Attenborough and stars Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Dan Aykroyd, Penelope Ann Miller, and Kevin Kline. It also features Geraldine Chaplin in the role of her own paternal grandmother, Hannah Chaplin. The film was adapted by William Boyd, Bryan Forbes and William Goldman from the books ""My Autobiography"" by Chaplin and """" by film critic David Robinson. Associate producer Diana Hawkins got a story credit."
"and the roar. Charlie Chaplin started his film career as a physical comedian; although he developed additional means of comic expression, Chaplin's mature works continued to contain elements of slapstick. Other comedians to employ physical comedy as a medium for their characters include Buster Keaton, The Three Stooges, Laurel and Hardy, Benny Hill, Lucille Ball, Harpo Marx, Martin Short, Chevy Chase, Don Knotts, Jerry Lewis, Danny Kaye, and Johnny Lever. In sitcoms, the use of physical comedy was seen in, for example, Dick van Dyke's character Rob Petrie on ""The Dick Van Dyke Show"", Larry Hagman's character Major Anthony Nelson"
"the 1992 book ""This is Orson Welles"" — a record of interviews Peter Bogdanovich conducted with Orson Welles — began his April 2002 review of ""The Cat's Meow"" with this exchange about ""Citizen Kane"" (1941): OW: In the original script we had a scene based on a notorious thing Hearst had done, which I still cannot repeat for publication. And I cut it out because I thought it hurt the film and wasn’t in keeping with Kane’s character. If I’d kept it in, I would have had no trouble with Hearst. He wouldn’t have dared admit it was him.<br>PB: Did"
"(1921), ""The Gold Rush"" (1925), ""City Lights"" (1931), ""Modern Times"" (1936), and ""The Great Dictator"" (1940). Directed features: Charlie Chaplin 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 most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both"
"was a resident of Tewksbury Township, New Jersey. He was married to Tisha Taylor Murphy from 1997 until her death from cervical cancer in December 2009. The couple had two children together, and Murphy had another child from a previous relationship. He was a karate practitioner. Murphy died from leukemia on April 12, 2017, at the age of 57. Charlie Murphy Charles Quinton Murphy (July 12, 1959 – April 12, 2017) was an American actor, comedian, and writer. Murphy is best known as a writer and cast member of the Comedy Central sketch-comedy series ""Chappelle's Show"". He was the older"
"Paul Chaplin Paul Chaplin (born Paul Schersten) is an American writer and comedian, known for his work on the television series ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"", for which he wrote and played the recurring characters of an Observer, Ned the Nanite, Pitch the Demon, and Ortega, along with several other bit roles. After earning his master's degree from the Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, Schersten became a community organizer in Saint Paul, Minnesota. After finding little reward in his work he decided to pursue a career in comedy. It was during this time that Schersten took the stage surname"
"The Wash (2001 film) The Wash is a 2001 comedy film written, produced and directed by DJ Pooh. The film stars Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and DJ Pooh, with appearances by Eminem, Ludacris, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, Xzibit and Pauly Shore. The film was released on November 16, 2001. Sean (Dre) and Dee Loc (Snoop) are roommates who have not paid their rent, and their landlord's given them a 3-day eviction notice. To make matters worse, Sean has just lost his job at Foot Locker due to Dee Loc's interference, so Dee Loc suggests his roommate stop by the same carwash"
"Karno didn't teach Charlie [Chaplin] and me all we know about comedy. He just taught us most of it"". Chaplin wrote comedic silent films such as ""Modern Times"" and ""The Kid"". His films still have a major impact on comedy in films today. One of the most popular forms of modern-day comedy is stand-up comedy. Stand-up comedy is a comic monologue performed by one or more people standing on a stage. Bob Hope was the most popular stand-up comedian of the 20th century, and also starred in numerous comedy films over a five-decade span. Other noted stand-up comedians include Billy"
"production of ""The Glass Menagerie"" (1995) in London, and played the lead in the first series of the British sitcom, ""Game On"" (BBC Two, 1995). In the United States, Chaplin was cast by director Michael Lehmann as a photographer caught between two women (Uma Thurman and Janeane Garofalo) in ""The Truth About Cats & Dogs"" (1996), a retelling of ""Cyrano de Bergerac"". Chaplin next played fortune-hunting Morris Townsend in a retelling of ""Washington Square"" (1997), co-starring Jennifer Jason Leigh. The film received positive reviews but was a box office failure. Chaplin next played Private Bell in Terrence Malick's remake of"