Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Charlie Chaplin and eagles

Charlie Chaplin, considered to be one of the most pivotal stars of the early days of Hollywood, lived an interesting life both in his films and behind the camera. He is most recognized as an icon of the silent film era, often associated with his popular "Little Tramp" character; the man with the toothbrush mustache, bowler hat, bamboo cane, and a funny walk. Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Walworth, London, England on April 16th, 1889 to Charles and Hannah (Hill) Chaplin, both music hall performers, who were married on June 22nd, 1885. After Charles Sr. separated from Hannah to perform in New York City, Hannah then tried to resurrect her stage career. Unfortunately, her singing voice had a tendency to break at unexpected moments. When this happened, the stage manager spotted young Charlie standing in the wings and led him on stage, where five-year-old Charlie began to sing a popular tune. Charlie and his half-brother, Syd Chaplin (born Sydney Hawkes), spent their lives in and out of charity homes and workhouses between their mother's bouts of insanity. Hannah was committed to Cane Hill Asylum in May of 1903 and lived there until 1921, when Chaplin moved her to California. Chaplin began his official acting career at the age of eight, touring with The Eight Lancashire Lads. At 18 he began touring with Fred Karno's vaudeville troupe, joining them on the troupe's 1910 US tour. He traveled west to California in December 1913 and signed on with Keystone Studios' popular comedy director Mack Sennett, who had seen Chaplin perform on stage in New York. Charlie soon wrote his brother Syd, asking him to become his manager. While at Keystone, Chaplin appeared in and directed 35 films, starring as the Little Tramp in nearly all. In November 1914, he left Keystone and signed on at Essanay, where he made 15 films. In 1916, he signed on at Mutual and made 12 films.

The Eagles are black! They also look so much like their parents. They are now just being lazy and just enjoying the breeze. They are getting even closer to be adults it will be sad when they leave ill never even see them again. Ive gave them the names that were picked the biggest one is Faith, the medium sized one is Hope, and the tiny one is spirit. If they each be a good adult eagle i am sure there lives will go very far. Remember if you want to see them click the length http://www.alcoa.com/locations/usa_davenport/en/info_page/eaglecam.asp

1 comment:

  1. Andrea,

    I enjoyed reading about Charlie Chaplin. I would have liked it if you would have told a little more about his life. It seems like you may have stopped in 1916 and not finished his story. I took off points for this as well as punctuation, sentence structure and capitalization.

    Word count: 417 words
    Score 21/25

    Love mommy

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