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Charlie Chaplin –
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From rags to riches: Charlie Chaplin
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Charles “Charlie” Spencer Chaplin was born 16th
April 1889, in London. His father Charles Chaplin, a
singer, left the family when Charlie was just two
years old. He died a few years later. His mother
Hannah, an unsuccessful actress, had to work very
hard to support her family. When she got ill, Charlie
and his brother Sydney were sent to a workhouse, a
place where the poor could live and work.
Charlie had to learn from a very young age to look
after himself. Just like his parents he was a talented
performer. He was five years old when he stood on
stage for the first time. By the time he was 13, he
had left school and was working full-time. In the following years he performed in different theatre plays
and Broadway shows.
e ChapAs a member of a comedy company, Char
Charlie
lin, now 21 years old, travelled
d to the USA for the
first time. During one of his
through Nor
North America he was offered
movie.
s tours throug
red a role in a movie
Chaplin accepted.
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25
The audience
e in the cinemas loved
ved his comic performances
es and
and couldn’t get enough of his
movies. Soon he became an international film star,
26, Charlie Chaplin
r, and att the age of 2
was one of the highest
ighest paid people in the world.
orld.
1919,
In 1
919, he and three other artists
tists decided
ded that they
they wanted
wante to produce their own movies.
Therefore
they formed their own film company
Ther
ore the
mpany called “United Artists”. Many of the movies
Chaplin produced in the next years were huge
Cha
hugely successful: The Gold Rush (1925), City
Lights
(1931) and Modern Times
Li
es
s (1936).
His private life was almost
as exciting
as a film plot: He was married four times and had
alm
exc
eleven children.
ren.
30
Because many Ame
Because
Americans
rica didn’t like his political movie Monsieur Verdoux, Chaplin felt that
he had to
o leave th
the United States. He, his fourth wife Oona O’Neill and his children moved
to Switzer
Switzerland.
d
He
only returned to the USA twenty years later because he had been invited to a gala by
e on
the “Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences”. He was given a twelve-minute standing ovation by the audience when he accepted an Honorary Award.
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Chaplin died in Corsier-sur-Vevey (Switzerland) in 1977, aged 88.
Annotations:
unsuccessful = erfolglos
to support = unterstützen
to be offered = ein Angebot erhalten
to perform = darstellen, auftreten, aufführen
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following = folgend
huge = riesig
motion picture = Film
audience = Zuschauer
honorary = Ehren-
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From rags to riches: Charlie Chaplin
1a. Read the text “From rags to riches: Charlie Chaplin” and try to understand the general
meaning. Only use a dictionary if you really need to.
People use the expression “From rags to riches” when a poor person becomes
rich and/or famous.
1b. Explain why the text is called “From rags to riches: Charlie Chaplin”.
2.
file.
Fill in the profile.
Charlie
Ch
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Chaplin
pl – a profile
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Full
ull n
name:
Date of birth:
D
h:
Place of birth:
Names of his parent
parents:
Profession:
Famous for:
Married to:
Number of children:
Countries he lived in:
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Movies – from silent films to “talkies”
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5
The first movies were made in the 1890s. They were very short –
some of them were only one minute long – and mostly showed a
scene from everyday life or slapstick comedy.
In the 1920s Hollywood became the new centre of the American film
industry – and people from all over the world wanted to see the newest Hollywood productions in their local cinema.
Scene from George
10
15
Méliès’ 14-minute long
Until 1927 all movies were made without sound. This early phase of
movie A Trip to the
film-making is therefore called the “silent era”. The film actors in silMoon (1902)
ent films could only use their body language and their facial expressssion to show the audience what they were feeling and what was going
ng
on in the scene. A pianist or a live band usually played at the showing
howing of a silent movie to
entertain the audience and to create the right atmosphere.
In the late 1920s the first sound movies were made. These m
movies
were called “talkies”
ovies w
because they used synchronised dialogues
audience
could hear the actors talk.
log
and the a
udience co
Soon almost all movie productions used
sed tthe new techni
technique,
que, an
and silent movies became
ecame outdated.
Movies in colour were also innovative – an ea
early example is Walt Disney’s
famous anima
animaisney’s famo
tion film Snow White and
the
Dwarves
d th
e Seven Dwa
ves (1937).
20
25
In the following
the film industry developed
ng decades th
many features
es to make the cinema experience even
more exciting and attracti
attractive: The screens got bigger,
the sound better,
spectacbette and the special effects more sp
ectacular.
Today
Toda we can watch movies
es in 3D and are used
to perfect sound quality – but one thing hasn’t
has
sn’ changed:
Although we have
televisions
DVD recorders at
e tele
s and DV
home we sometimes
still like to
me mes s
o go to the cinema.
Annotations:
slapstick = Situationskomik, Klamauk
silent = stumm
era = Zeitalter
therefore = darum
facial expression = Gesichtsaudruck
showing = Vorführung
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to create = hervorrufen, schaffen
to entertain = unterhalten
synchronised = synchronisiert
innovative = neu, modern
animation = Zeichentrick
to develop = entwickeln
feature = Besonderheit, Einrichtung
screen = Bildschirm
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Statements about movies / Charlie Chaplin – The Tramp
Right or wrong? – Statements about movies
3a. Read the text “Movies – from silent films to “talkies”.
3b. Now read the statements below. Decide if they are right or wrong and tick the correct box
( ). Where did you find that information? Write down the correct line or lines from the text.
statement
right
1. Some of the first movies were
only one hour long.
wrong
quote
“They were very short – some of
them were only
ly one minute long”
(l. 1–2)
2. Before 1927 all movies were
made without sound.
3. There was live music during
the showing of a silent movie.
4. Snow White and the Seven
ovie.
Dwarves was a silent movie.
he use of colour
c lour
5. In the 1930s the
odern film techni
e
was a modern
technique.
haplin’s ffavourite role: The Tramp
mp
Charlie C
Chaplin’s
For the movie
ovie Mabels’s
Mabels’s Strang
Strange Predicament (1914) Chaplin selected
the costume
made
e which mad
e him world-famous. Later in his life he wrote
about
wanted everything to be a contradiction: the pants
abou his outfit:
utfit: “I wa
baggy,
the coat
bag
oat tight, the hat small and the shoes large”1. This was the
moment when his most famous character, “The Tramp”, was born …
mom
Although he was dressed in old, worn-out clothes, the “Tramp” behaved
Altho
llike a true gentleman. He was many things at the same time: romantic
and
charming,
lonely but full of hope, adventurous, and sometimes a little bit cheeky.
d charm
ng lonel
Chaplin
in played the “Tramp” in many movies, for example in The Kid (1921), The Gold Rush
(1925), Th
The Circus (1928), City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936).
In Modern Times the “Tramp” is a factory worker who tries to survive in a modern world full of
machines. He goes mad and is first sent to hospital and then to prison. Afterwards he loses his
job – but he finds love.
Annotations:
to select = auswählen
world-famous = weltberühmt
contradiction = Gegensatz, Widerspruch
1
baggy = weit
adventurous = abenteuerlustig
cheeky = frech
factory worker = Fabrikarbeiter
to survive = überleben
Charlie Chaplin: My Autobiography. London 2003, p. 145.
Anna Heine: Charlie Chaplin – a screen legend
© Persen Verlag
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Charlie Chaplin – The Tramp
4a. –
Read the text “Charlie Chaplin’s favourite role: The Tramp”.
–
Then watch the Trailer of the movie “Modern Times” on:
http://www.charliechaplin.com/en/films/6-modern-times/videos.
–
What does “The Tramp” look like? What is he wearing? What do his face and body
look like? Take notes.
4b. The adjectives on the left have been mixed up. Put the
into
e letters in
nto the right order and write
down the word.
4c. The nouns on the right will help you
ou with
wit your description
descr ption of
o “The Tramp”. Look
ook up the
words you don’t know. Then find the
fitting
e fittin
g adjective for each noun
un (example:
ple: a black
bowler hat).
The Tramp has gott ….
Adjectives
ckalb
nouns
n
ns
blackk
eyebrows
eye
ra
kd
rakd
a … pair of shoes
gygba
gyg
a … walking-stick
hittg
a … moustache
lamsl
hair
argle
a … bowler hat
ckith
a … coat
noowde
trousers
4d. Now write a description of the “Tramp” in your notebook. Write down at least five full sentences. You can use your results from 4a, b and c.
How to describe a person
Start with the general impression: Is the person tall or small? Fat or thin?
Describe the face: eyes, nose, mouth, beard/moustache, hair …
Describe the person’s outfit: Long T-shirt, white dress, big scarf, …
Is he or she carrying a bag or other accessories?
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© Persen Verlag
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Make your own movie / Solutions
Make your own movie!
7.
In Modern Times the “Tramp” has to deal with technology in the 1930s. Make a list of
modern technology today.
8.
Now it’s your turn! Your task is to film a funny modern day Charlie Chaplin movie. It is
called “Modern times reloaded: The Tramp in the 21st century”.
Form groups of 3–4 students.
Collect ideas for your movie and write them down:
– What technology do you want to show in your film?
– What funny scenes can you think of?
– Do you just need a “Tramp” or do you need more than one actor?
tor?
– Where do you want to shoot your movie?
Get ready for the filming: You need clothes, props – and a c
camera,
amera, of cou
course.
Show time! Everyone gets a role: You need actors, a camera m
man,
an, may
maybe an assistant …
Present your film in class.
Solutions
1b. The expression “From rags to rich
riches”” des
describes Charlie Chaplin’s life:
fe: H
He was very po
poor
oor w
when he was a
boy but he became
ame one of the worl
world’s richest and most famous
ous ac
actors.
rs.
2.
Charles
es Spencer Chaplin,
C aplin, 1
16th April 1889, London, Hanna
Hannah and Charle
Charles
s Cha
Chaplin, actor/producer, e. g.
Modern
Mod rn Times/The Gold Rush, 4 different women
en (Oona O’
O’Neill),
Neill), 11 c
children, England/USA/Switzerland
3b. statement
3
tate
1. Some
of the first movies were only
So
nly
one hour long.
2. Before 1927 all movies
ovies w
were made
de
without sound.
d.
3. There was live m
music
sic du
during the
showing
how
wing of a silent movie
movie.
Snow White an
and the Seven Dwarves
4. Sno
was a sil
silent movie.
5. In the 1930s the use of colour was a
modern film technique.
rright
ht
wrong quote
“They were very short – some of them
were only one minute long” (l. 1–2)
“Until 1927 all movies were made without
sound” (l. 7)
“A pianist or a live band usually played
at the showing of a silent movie […]”
(l. 11–12)
“In the late 1920s the first sound movies
were made. These movies were called
“talkies” because they used synchronised
dialogues – and the audience could hear
the actors talk. Soon almost all movie
productions used the new technique, and
silent movies became outdated.”
(l. 13–16)
“Movies in colour were also innovative –
an early example is Walt Disney’s famous
animation film Snow White and the Seven
Dwarves (1937)” (l. 17–18)
4b/c. a black bowler hat, dark hair, baggy trousers, a tight coat, a small moustache, a large pair of shoes,
thick eyebrows, a wooden walking-stick
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