No. He actually lost in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.
Charlie Chaplin first toured America 1912.
That's wrong. Charlie Chaplin lost the contest in Monte Carlo. Some versions say he finished second or third, and that his brother Syd was judged the winner. The truth was, it seems even worse. Chaplin's final standing in the competition was not recorded. (source: http://www.mayonews.ie/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6594&Itemid=40)
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The first actor to appear on the cover of Time magazine was Charlie Chaplin on July 6, 1925.
No. "Modern Times" was released in 1936. Charlie Chaplin began making films in 1914.
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"Making a Living" was the first film featuring Charlie Chaplin. It premiered on February 2, 1914. Chaplin played a lady-charming swindler who runs afoul of the Keystone Cops.
1914 in the film Making a Living.
The 1914 film Making a Living
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