Charlie Chaplin.
He was one of cinema's first stars. Discovered in 1913 by producer Mack Sennett, the head of Keystone Studios, Chaplin achieved unprecedented popular and financial success during film's silent era.
Original photo by Edward Jean Steichen.
He was one of cinema's first stars. Discovered in 1913 by producer Mack Sennett, the head of Keystone Studios, Chaplin achieved unprecedented popular and financial success during film's silent era.
Original photo by Edward Jean Steichen.
"In the name of democracy, let us use that power, let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie!"
"Greed has poisoned men’s souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want.
Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost…."
