Charlie Chaplin was one of the biggest stars of the silent film era, but he was also a controversial figure throughout the 1940s and 1950s.

The actor-director, a master of silent cinema, reached a new level of artistry with this 100-year-old comedy, which wrings ...

Charlie Chaplin vs America. By Scott Eyman. Simon & Schuster; 432 pages; $29.99 and £18.99. ... Readers will be shocked by how Chaplin was hounded with so little cause.

Scott Eyman’s new biography “Charlie Chaplin vs. America” (Simon & Schuster, publishes Oct. 31) chronicles the amazing – and still shocking – fall from grace that led Hollywood’s first ...

A stolen coffin and $600k ransom: Why two men robbed Charlie Chaplin’s grave. Forty-five years ago, in March of 1978, the illustrious filmmaker’s coffin disappeared from the cemetery at ...

Film Constellation has taken international sales rights to “Chaplin, Spirit of the Tramp,” a feature documentary directed by Charlie Chaplin‘s granddaughter Carmen Chaplin, and set to world ...

The Museum of Modern Art has worked on a meticulous restoration of Chaplin’s 1918 film “Shoulder Arms,” screening on Thursday, that likely differs in every frame from what viewers have seen.

On Jan. 30, 1931, United Artists unveiled Charlie Chaplin's silent film that took aim at the talkie pictures. By THR Staff On Jan. 30, 1931, United Artists unveiled the silent film City Lights ...