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The Real Charlie Chaplin
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The Real Charlie Chaplin
Directed by James Spinney and Peter Middleton
AT ONE point hailed as the most famous person in the world, it is hard not to think of Charlie Chaplin without picturing his small hat, cane, boots and signature moustache.
“Chaplin makes the Tramp and the Tramp makes Chaplin,” narrates Pearl Mackie in James Spinney and Peter Middleton’s comprehensive and gripping documentary which aims to shed new light on who the real Charlie Chaplin is.
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