BBCNEWS Talking Movies June 4, 2024 02:35:00
Years, in terms of how he used cinema to tell stories. alan moloney reports. a genius, a multimillionaire, an icon. all words that would eventually be used to describe the boy who was born charles spencer chaplinjunior. there is no official record of his birth in london in 1889, but it is believed the young chaplin was born here, in east street in what was one of south london's poorest areas. increased industrialisation and widespread poverty meant it was easy to get left behind. he had a really appalling childhood. his father was an alcoholic and he drifted in and out of their lives, and his ...