Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency from the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in the Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice in 1914. From the April 1914 one-reeler Twenty Minutes of Love onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was also producing them, and from 1918 he was even composing the music for them. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith, he co-founded United Artists in 1919.
Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. He was influenced by his predecessor, the French silent film comedian Max Linder, to whom he dedicated one of his films. His working life in entertainment spanned over 75 years, from the Victorian stage and the music hall in the United Kingdom as a child performer, until close to his death at the age of 88. His high-profile public and private life encompassed both adulation and controversy. Chaplin was identified with left-wing politics during the McCarthy era and he was ultimately forced to resettle in Europe from 1952.
Plot
When 3 Muppet fans learn that Tex Richman wants to drill under the Muppet Theater for oil, Gary, Mary and Walter set out to find the Muppets who have been split up for years so that they can put on one last show and save the Muppet Theater. 'Kermit the Frog' (qv) now lives in his own mansion depressed in Hollywood, 'The Great Gonzo' is a high class plumber at Gonzo's Royal Flush, 'Fozzie Bear' (qv) performs with a tribute band called The Moopets, 'Miss Piggy' (qv) is the plus-size fashion editor at Vogue Paris, and Animal is at a celebrity anger management rehab center in Santa Barbara.
Keywords: based-on-tv-series, bel-air, brother-brother-relationship, bus, comeback, electric-fence, evil-laughter, fencing, hdtv, henchman
They're closer than you think.
Muppet domination
Fozzie Bear: Wow, that was such an expensive looking explosion! I can't believe we had that in the budget.
[from trailer]::Gary: Whoa whoa whoa, wait wait wait, stop! [looks directly into the camera] Are there Muppets in this movie?
Fozzie Bear: Check it out, Fart-Shoes!::[Steps on the whoopie cushions to make fart sounds]
[from trailer]::[the Muppets are sitting in jail]::Warden: Are you, uh, the Muppets?::Prisoner: [in the jail cell next to them] Hey! I'm a Muppet.
[from trailer]::Statler: Is this movie in 3-D?::Waldorf: Nope! The Muppets are as one-dimensional as they've always been!
Veronica: I'm gonna shoot straight: you guys aren't famous anymore.::Fozzie Bear: Yeesh. I wish she'd shot a little more curvy.
Rico Rodriguez: Are you one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?::Kermit the Frog: Yes I am!
Statler: I always dreamed we'd be back here.::Waldorf: Dreams? Those were nightmares!
Kermit the Frog: Do what I do: Imagine the audience naked.
[repeated line]::Tex Richman: Maniacal laugh... maniacal laugh...
Plot
Mary Pickford has just fallen off the screen and, dumbfounded wanders through the streets of a major city. Everything is so different from her time. The city is too loud. The people are too busy. She only needs someone to show her the way back to the movies, the silent ones. Terrified in this unknown reality, Mary Pickford finds comfort in an isolated park. Wait a minute, she's not alone anymore, somebody else has also fallen off the screen.
Show biz wasn't ready for them. Are you?
The Down and Dirty Side of the Dream Makers
The shadow of BABYLON had fallen over HOLLYWOOD! Scandal was waiting, just out of camera range!
Plot
A satire on American films, in which Shakespeare's Macbeth is performed as it might be imagined performed in an American film. (The film was prepared as part of a live benefit for the YMCA attended by the British royal family. Edmund Gwenn (QV) appeared onstage but not on film as the American producer.)
Keywords: 11th-century, 1910s, based-on-play, shakespeare's-macbeth
du warst der kleine Mann
den nichts erschüttern kann.
Charly
Charly Chaplin
denn wer auf der Nase liegt
ist Iängst noch nicht besiegt
Charly
Charly Chaplin.
Deine Bilder sind wie ein Spiegel
den du vergnügt vor uns hältst
und du zeigst uns auf deine Weise:
Wir lachen doch eigentlich über uns selbst.
Oh Charly
oh Charly Chaplin
so warst du
so war dein Leben
Charly
oh Charly Chaplin
kleiner Mann
du warst ganz groá.
Oh Charly
oh Charly Chaplin
Ruhe hast du dir nie gegeben
oh Charly
oh Charly Chaplin
kleiner Mann
du warst ganz groá.
Über deine groáen Schuh' und deinen Wackelgang da
Oh Charly
Charly Chaplin
lachen alle Leute doch in hundert Jahren noch
Oh Charly
Charly Chaplin.
Schwere Zeiten und groáe Träume
gehen auch bei dir Hand in Hand
aber du sagst uns ohne Worte:
Nur der hat ein Ziel
der den Glauben an sich fand.
Charly
oh Charly Chaplin
so warst du
so war dein Leben
Oh Charly
oh Charly Chaplin
kleiner Mann
du warst ganz groá.
Oh Charly
oh Charly Chaplin
Ruhe hast du dir nie gegeben
I'm an animal trainer,
A circus entertainer.
I've train animals by the score:
Lions, tigers, and wild boar.
I've made and lost a fortune in my wild career.
Some say the cause was women, and some say it was beer!
And then I went through bankruptcy and lost my whole menagerie
But I did not despair -- I got a bright idea.
While searching through my underwear a thought occurred to me:
I'm tired of training elephants, so why not train a flea?
Why should I hunt for animals and through the jungle roam
When there's local talent to be found right here at home?
I found one but I won't say where
And educated him with care
And taught him all the facts of life
And then he found himself a wife.
I give them board and lodgin's free
And every night they dine off me.
They don't eat caviar or cake
But they enjoy a good rump steak
Off my anatomy,
Off my anatomy.
It is an odd sensation
When after meals they take a stroll around the old plantation!
Now, I'm as happy as can be.
I've bought them lots of tricks, you see.
And now they're both supporting me,
They're both supporting me!
Walk up! Walk up! I'm the greatest show on earth!
Walk up! Walk up! And get your money's worth!
See Phyllis and Henry, those educated fleas
Cavorting and sporting on the flying trapeze!
So any time you itch, don't scratch or make a fuss!
You never can tell, you might destroy some budding gen-i-us!
[alternate line:]
Birds are calling.
Skunks are crawling.
Wagging their tails for love!
Spring is here.
Whales are churning.
Worms are squirming.
Wagging their tails for love!
What is this thing
Of which I sing
That makes us all bewitched?
What is this thing
That comes in Spring
That gives us all the itch?
Oh, it's love, it's love,
It's love, love, love, love, love
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love,
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love,
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love,
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love.
Love, love, love, love, love, love, love
Why is my heart so light,
Why are the stars so bright,
Why is the sky so blue,
Since the hour I met you,
Flowers are smiling bright
Smiling for our delight,
Smiling so tenderly,
For the world, you and me,
I know why the world is smiling,
Smiling so tenderly,
It hears the same old story,
Through all eternity
Love, this is my song,
Here is a song, a serenade to you,
The world cannot be wrong,
If in this world there is you
I care not what the world may say,
Without your love there is no day,
So, love, this is my song
Here is a song, a serenade to you
(instrumental interlude and repeat last verse)
To get a little action,
I’d even be a pill,
So when I cease to be,
I want to go back I want to go back,
I want to go back to the sea,
Oh, for the life of a sardine,
That is the life for me,
Cavorting and spawning every morning,
Under the deep blue sea,
To have no fear of a fisherman’s net,
Oh what fun to be gay and all wet,
Oh for the life under the sea,
That is the life for me...
I’m tried of the city,
Of smoke stack and steel,
I’m tried of the grind,
Of the factory wheel,
I’m spreading my wings,
And I’m ready to fly,
To the land of the wide open sky,
I’m bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas land.
To hear the moo and rattle,
Of snakes and cattle,
I’m bound for Texas land,
I’ll work on a ranch,
Where there’s plenty of sun,
With my horse and my saddle,
My rope and gun,
I’ll ride on the prairie,
My face to (the) sky,
And the rest of the world can go by,
I’m bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas land.
To hear the moo and rattle,
Of snakes and cattle,
I’m bound for Texas land,
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I’ll save up my money,
And look for a wife,
A wife who be true,
And a pal for life,
I’ll build her a home,
And a room for a child,
With the roses, around growing wild,
I’m bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas land.
To hear the moo and rattle,
Of snakes and cattle,
I’m bound for Texas land,
I’m bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas land.
To hear the moo and rattle,
Of snakes and cattle,
I’m bound for Texas land,
I’ll sing her a song,
At the end of the day,
A song that will drive all our cares away,
I’ll sing out (in) the prairie,
The blue starry skies,
And the stars shining bright in her eyes,
I’m bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas,
Bound for Texas land.
To hear the moo and rattle,
Of snakes and cattle,
I’m bound for Texas land...
Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds
In the sky you'll get by
If you smile through your pain and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through...
For you
Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
All though a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worth while if you just
Smile
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile what's the use
of crying you'll find that life is still worth while
[Asher Roth:]
I lay around on a rainy day
Ashing in the sheets
Hold them down and just fade away
Happy little feet
I want to try to drown whatever's happening to me
I walk with out a sound, Charlie Chaplin on the beat
Probably never figure out what is up or what is down
What is now, or what it's all about
So I chill and look around
It's in the air, it's in the sound, it's in the year
No doubt, show us what's got bounce
Curl up next to the girl right beside me
Slide up all inside it
Ride it, reall really ride it
Let it fly higher than a motherfucker
Never coming down
We just set it up direct, get our message from the clouds
The rain's getting stronger as I hit it harder
Ms. Marijuana, she's a superstar
Do a job, do it all
Doing what she want, upper echelon
It's the fond of this Family Matter from Dupont
Come on baby, let it flaunt
Tell them what it is
How it never gets better than this, just have kids
Oh but wait a minute, turn it down, burn it down, learning now
How you found out who the word of mouth
Talker of the town talking up a storm
This the calm before it
Call Dorothy, tell her bring the courage
Ain't a thing that could deter it
It's the Earth, it's the universe
Working in perfect cursive through one person, let it burn
[Phil Ade:]
Word, and after Asher ash get passed to me
Whoever can last the smoke deserves a toast
Raise your glass to me
Last a cut of your currency and let the current be
Car in need of speed has got me in a flow, like the current beat
I feel it, I'm fried, my mind is on the skillet
Shawty, if you feeling naughty don't conceal it
I'm feeling it too
What you willing to do
You spilling the truth by moving on it
I like them girls that rock Jordans but could Louboutin it
Moving smooth like lube is on it, how the night goes
Prefer a real woman, but tonight I like hoes
You feeling frisky, you got a man, you feeling risky
You feel the whiskey, please don't try to kill the will to kiss me
Miss, I got a fear of miles and a fear of vows
I'm not trying to share a house but we can share a couch
As of now we just here to have a good time
And if we're meant to go further then we should grind
But don't press it, don't stress it, just let it go
I said it before, follow the flow from the man of cold
You sipping Petron, try not to throw up in my place, cause
Girl you got that bomb, hope it don't blow up in my face
[GLC:]
Welcome to this time and
All my green like Kermit
Mobster, pimping gang monster, Herman
I believe in multiple wives, like a Mormon
Especially when she got them thighs, I want to go in
Macking cold, black and gold Trojans
Attractive hoes, try to hold a moment
My pimping game gotta roam, no lids
Manifest where the bed bitch, from the low end
Dime from the hundreds, manifest with no hands
Mackin DNA, my pimples sway, they go in
Y'all blow money, I prefer to blow strands
Elevated gism, macking game promotion
Shit, yup the ism in this bitch
Only spending money made from tipping in this bitch
She attracted to the gizzle, forgive me for your bitch
But she chose the manifest, it benefit the skim
[Thurz:]
Low Coronas, searching for that meaning of life
And a shot of Jameson, poison I was playing in
Pride I was laying in, broke rubber what I came in in
With the lateness, we conceive greatness
And when it's war, please be cautious of them smiling faces
I'm moving wise and smoking Bible scriptures in my Bathing rocks
And as we walk Luke, I guess it's all Revelations
That's relics here, soothes your relatives, rhythm salacious
Ripping, when it's nude beaches to that naked eye
Plain to see that naked truth, naked gun if you criticize
Tune toes down, my mind still in orbit
Only fear is hell, I'm straight out the dark what God's thinking now
So I guess I've seen the light, trying to follow my fate
Some people don't see it 'til the medic trying to make they pupils dialate
A submarine deeper than the rap
And I don't hear the bullshit, homie, this song Charlie Chaplin
When I was three my nurse told me
About reincarnation
And ever since I've been convinced,
Thrilled with anticipation
That when I leave this earth
It makes my heart feel warm
To know that I'll return
In some other form.
But I don't want to be a tree
Sticking in the ground -- I'd sooner be a flea.
I don't want to be a flower
Waiting by the hour
Hoping for pollens to alight on me.
So when I cease to be
I want to go back, I want to go back, I want to go back to the sea!
Oh for the life of a sardine!
That is the life for me!
Cavorting and spawning every morning
Under the deep blue sea.
To have no fear for storm nor gale.
Oh to chase the tail of a whale!
Oh for the life of a sardine!
Smile though your heart is aching
Smile even though it's breaking
When there are clouds
In the sky you'll get by
If you smile through your pain and sorrow
Smile and maybe tomorrow
You'll see the sun come shining through...
For you
Light up your face with gladness
Hide every trace of sadness
All though a tear may be ever so near
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile what's the use of crying
You'll find that life is still worth while if you just
Smile
That's the time you must keep on trying
Smile what's the use
of crying you'll find that life is still worth while
We are entertainers living in a scene where nobody
slows down
Busy making little pieces into things that dare to make
a sound
Fall like an angel, try like a fool and dare to walk
away
Each of us has got a little Charlie Chaplin inside us
Sayin’
“Hey fellas why don’t we go
Where movies are silent
And life is as big as the stage.”
Waitin’ on a clocker, waitin’ on a view and hopin’ that
it’s new
We all got to find something to do
Well I say we take on the strange and insane
Come on let’s pick up our hats and our canes
And say,
“Hey fellas why don’t we go
Where the movies are silent
And life is as big as the stage.”
Waddle your way to the sunset today
Waddle your way to the sunset today
Oh, waddle your way to the sunset today
And oh anything, for a laugh
Oh, anything for a laugh
“Hey fellas why don’t we go where the movies are silent