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Cohen, Harvey G
Quarterly review of film and video, 10/2016, Letnik: 33, Številka: 7Journal Article
A century ago, film star and comic genius Charles Chaplin, a British expatriate working in the American film industry, was in the midst of becoming the most famous person on the planet, the most richly compensated artist in the US if not the world. From 1915-1917, he created indelible and hilarious films for the Essanay and Mutual companies that, on one level, could be enjoyed purely as entertainment by people of all ages. But one of the main reasons these films continue to delight new generations of viewers as well as commentators and biographers is that, like the best and most lasting comedic efforts, there are nuggets of human truth, reality, and even pain residing in the work underneath the surface.
