There's no doubt Charlie Chaplin revolutionized the film industry, but behind the scenes he was controlling, controversial, and involved in inappropriate relationships.

There's no doubt Charlie Chaplin revolutionized the film industry, but behind the scenes he was controlling, controversial, and involved in inappropriate relationships.

When Charlie Chaplin left America for the U.K. in 1952 to promote his film "Limelight," the actor’s reentry papers were revoked, and he spent the rest of his life in exile. The silent movie star ...

Charlie Chaplin’s inability to trust and respect women made a complete mess of his romantic life and he used and discarded his lovers as if women were disposable. However, despite his trust ...

Charlie Chaplin was, in his time, the most famous man in America and perhaps the world. Known as “The Little Tramp,” he was unrecognizable when stripped of his makeup. A handsome, bon vivant ...

Another book, "Tramp: The Life of Charlie Chaplin" by Joyce Milton, told a similar story, claiming that Chaplin "failed even to make the finals" when he took part in his own look-alike contest ...

Plenty of directors have impacted popular culture, and Charlie Chaplin is one of the most influential ones. He has worked on dozens of movies and made audiences laugh with his silent films.

“Charlie’s life raft was show business,” says Scott Eyman, author of Charlie Chaplin vs. America. But even as Charlie honed his comedy antics in vaudeville, he grew into a “lone wolf ...

In “The Gold Rush” Chaplin's lone prospector ambles through the snowy Alaskan wilds in pursuit less of gold than some food and perhaps companionship. His antic, cliff-dangling struggles make up much ...

“A Chaplin movie was an event, even by 1918,” said Scott Eyman, the author of the recent biography “Charlie Chaplin vs ... the 1985 book “Chaplin: His Life and Art.” ...