A Day without Laughter is a Day Wasted by Charlie Chaplin

â€Å"A day without laughter is a day wasted.† It was a simple but popular quote of Charlie Chaplin, one of the most famous actors as well as director and scriptwriter in the American Modernism Era. With a rags-to-riches story, Chaplin had overcome all the obstacles to become a Comedy King, represented an American Dream coming true. Charles Spencer Chaplin, Chaplin’s full name, was born in London, England, on April 16th, 1889. In a family of both parents who were entertainers, Chaplin spent his early years with his mother, who had no means of income due to her sickness, and his brother in Kennington. His father, who was an alcoholic, provided no support and made him come to the workhouse at the age of seven. Despite poverty and hardship, Chaplin had his first role as a paperboy in a play â€Å"Sherlock Homes† and kept on his career in entertainment, said that he â€Å"never lost sight of my ultimate aim to become an actor† until moving to the US for a contract with Keystone studio at the age of 14. It was 1914 when Chaplin’s first film acting debut on the movie Making a Living was released, at the beginning of the American Modernism. However, he strongly disliked the picture. For his second appearance in front of the camera for the movie The Tramp in February, Charlie Chaplin got to choose his costumes which then became his identity. He described in his autobiography: â€Å"I had no idea of the character. But the moment I was dressed, the clothes and the makeup made me feel the person he was.Show MoreRelatedMy Day Without Laughter Is A Day Wasted972 Words   |  4 Pages Charlie Chaplin once said â€Å"A day without laughter is a day wasted†. I cannot even begin to express how accurate that quote is because humor takes up an enormous portion in my day to day life. I love to laugh; I love that pain in your stomach that you get from laughing too hard. I love the feeling of lightness that you get physically and mentally from laughing too hard. My favorite televisio n shows, movies, videos, and people are somehow connected to if they have made me laugh or not. I would sayRead MoreAmerican Holidays11778 Words   |  48 PagesAmerican Holidays The following are holidays that we celebrate in the United States: New Years Eve and New Years Day New Years Day is the first day of the year, January 1st. it is a celebration of the old year and the new one to come. People make New Years Resolutions each New Years and promise themselves that they will keep this resolution until next year. New Years Eve is a major social event. Clubs everywhere are packed with party-goers who stay out all night and go nuts at midnightRead MoreFor Against by L.G. Alexander31987 Words   |  128 PagesCOMPREHENSION PRECIS AND COMPOSITION ras CARTERS OF GREENWOOD (Cineloops) DETECTIVES FROM SCOTLAND YARD (Longman Structural Readers, Stage 1) CAR THIEVES [Longman Structural Readers, Stage 1) WORTH A FORTUNE [Longman Structural Readers, Stage 2) APRIL FOOLS DAY [Longman Structural Readers, Stage 2) PROFESSOR BOFFIN S UMBRELLA (Longman Structural Readers, Stage 2) OPERATION MASfERMIND (Longman Structural Readers, Stage 3) QUESTION AND ANSWER: Graded Aural/Oral Exercises READING AND WRITING ENGLISH-A FirstRead MoreManagement Course: Mba−10 General Management215330 Words   |  862 Pagesreserved. Printed in the United States of America. Except as permitted under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by an y means, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission of the publisher. This McGraw−Hill Primis text may include materials submitted to McGraw−Hill for publication by the instructor of this course. The instructor is solely responsible for the editorial content of such materials