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Angela Berkley,
High School Student
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In the Hollywood Hall of Fame Building , north of the California State Building, studio sets, stage lights, and mementos of Mary Pickford's stage curls and Charlie Chaplin's exaggerated shoes got visitors in a receptive mood for the showing of films spliced together from scenes of already-made movies.
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Richard Hosking,
Paranormal Investigator
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There are even elements of mystery and intrigue: what happened to Charlie Chaplin's footprints that mysteriously disappeared?
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Pete Trengle,
Bass Player
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His very first 78 recorded for Decca in April - Charlie Chaplin's themes for his film "Limelight" - won him a Gold Disc through its big success in the USA.
Charlie Chaplin's funny and poignant silent film classic, with a live orchestral performance of Chaplin's own musical score, plus a Strauss tone poem depicting the escapades of another notorious scamp.
Gold Rush (Silent w/music) Charlie Chaplin's classic tale of man's greed and quest for gold with added music track.
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Phuong Nguyen,
Exotic Dancer
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Here working men and women could escape their humdrum existences and laugh with Charlie Chaplin's "Little Tramp," swoon over Rudolph Valentino, or leer at the undraped female flesh displayed by Mack Sennett's bathing beauties.
Charlie is often compared to classic comedians such as Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Stan Laurel and Dick Van Dyke.
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Anita Ganesh,
Poet
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And let's not forget the beautiful and ethereal Edna Purviance who contributed so much to the best of Charlie Chaplin's two-reel comedies.
Costume can also function as character signature, notably for such comic characters as Harlequin or the other characters of the commedia dell'arte, Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp, or circus clowns.
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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A Japanese study published earlier this year in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that skin welts shrank in allergy patients who watched Charlie Chaplin's comedic classic "Modern Times.
Moreover, he had the opportunity to watch American films and discover the silent comedies of Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin that would crucially influence his interest in the vaudevillian tramp.
He is the only comedian to have Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton, and Harold Lloyd all appear in supporting film roles.
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