Without a doubt Charlie Chaplin is my all-time favourite actor. He didn't need to say anything to communicate thousand of emotions. In fact, he was the pioneer of cinematography, so he had an extraordinary control of his body language. In this sense, he stands out, because he combined the humour with complex plots like war, poverty, hunger, fear, love, happiness, sadness and so on. This list could be endless.
Well, but what did he look like?...He brought a peculiar character to life. This character was a vagabond who had perfect manners. In fact, although he was a short and thin man, he always wore a tailcoat combined with a tie and a waistcoat. Also he wore a bowler hat and a walking stick. Paradoxically, he decided to combine his elegant appearance with oversized trousers, as well as old shoes. Probably, this contradictory style was what made of him an icon in the cinematic world.
Regarding his appeareance, he has short black wavy hair. Almost in all his films, we can see him with a peculiar short black moustache, also he had a fair-skinned, bushy eyebrows and expressive eyes, so he used to make up as a mime artist to emphasize his gesticulations. In fact, his face was his best asset as an actor, in such a way that, everybody even children can understand his different role plays.
Although this character was apparently a plain, weird or even a naive man, he was really charming, sensible, affectionate, determinate, sociable, easy-going, creative, dreamy, generous, intelligent, gifted but above everything he was an optimistic man.
Although this character was apparently a plain, weird or even a naive man, he was really charming, sensible, affectionate, determinate, sociable, easy-going, creative, dreamy, generous, intelligent, gifted but above everything he was an optimistic man.
Finally, I must confess that I can't help laughing with all of Chaplin's films, but especially with this one:
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