The icon that Charles Chaplin created at the age of 24 may be said to have been born on the first day that he was put on public display: Feb. 7, 1914. The "flicker" was "Kid Auto Races at Venice," and ...

Sigmund Freud said there are no accidents. This story — of coincidences, not accidents — begins in early 1914 when a silent film newcomer at Keystone Studios swiftly picked out a costume. Under a ...

Early work found in antiques shop shown at silent film festival in Virginia. ARLINGTON, Virginia, July 18, 2010 — -- One of Charlie Chaplin's earliest works returned to the big screen Saturday ...

Watching the new Blu-ray/DVD set “Chaplin’s Mutual Comedies” is a revelation because it shows us a master filmmaker coming of age. Charlie Chaplin introduced his beloved, baggy-pants Tramp in 1914 ...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — A short silent comedy that was lost for decades holds a big surprise for film buffs and historians when a familiar face emerges from the bushes in police uniform and that ...

Charlie Chaplin’s original “Little Tramp” costume, which debuted in his first film in 1914, is for sale. It was originally lent to him by another actor in a sketch called “The Mumming Birds.” The lot, ...

During 1914, after less than a year at Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios, Charlie Chaplin went from a member of the stock company to one of the studio’s brightest lights. He had developed his character ...

The immigrant comic genius who would make America laugh through the Great Depression, Charlie Chaplin arrived in Hollywood in 1914, at the right moment in history to ride an emerging mass medium into ...

Trace the remarkable arc of Charlie Chaplins silentscreen career with a comprehensive collection of his most essential films This first installment of a multivolume set includes Making a Living his ...

Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914): A nothing film that shows the primitive state of comedy when Chaplin began his career, it's worth seeing as a kind of starting line. The Tramp (1915): The first film ...

A forgotten short film featuring footage of comic legend Charlie Chaplin failed to sell at a London auction despite expectations it could raise a "significant six-figure sum." A forgotten short film ...

Watching the new Blu-ray/DVD set “Chaplin’s Mutual Comedies” is a revelation because one can witness a master filmmaker coming of age. Charlie Chaplin introduced his beloved, baggy-panted Tramp in ...