Century of Slapstick #23: Making a Living (Chaplin's First Movie!)
Today is the 100th anniversary of a major benchmark; the release of Charlie Chaplin’s first movie Making a Living. Chaplin had been starring in vaudeville with Fred Karno’s Speechless Comedians when scouted by agents working for Mack Sennett’s Keystone the previous year. In Making a Living, Chaplin hasn’t yet discovered his "Little Tramp" character. Films in which he […]