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Chaplin continued to make silent movies long after talking movies began and became popular.
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His first full-length film was ''The Kid'' (1921), possibly autobiographical. He was named Knight Commander of the [[British Empire]] in 1975. Chaplin composed about 500 melodies, including "Smile" and "This is My Song".<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio Biography]</ref> Admirers included [[George Bernard Shaw]], [[Marcel Proust]] and [[Sigmund Freud]].  Chaplin's began his acting career at the age of 8, and his adult height was 5'4".<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio</ref>
 
His first full-length film was ''The Kid'' (1921), possibly autobiographical. He was named Knight Commander of the [[British Empire]] in 1975. Chaplin composed about 500 melodies, including "Smile" and "This is My Song".<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio Biography]</ref> Admirers included [[George Bernard Shaw]], [[Marcel Proust]] and [[Sigmund Freud]].  Chaplin's began his acting career at the age of 8, and his adult height was 5'4".<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio</ref>
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Chaplin's first talking movie, ''The Great Dictator'' (1940), was a mockery of [[Adolf Hitler]] that faced possible [[liberal censorship]] by governments appeasing him, including in [[Britain]].  Yet it was the second highest-grossing movie in the [[United States]] that year and today is recognized as being brilliant and prophetic.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210204-the-great-dictator-the-film-that-dared-to-laugh-at-hitler</ref>
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Chaplin's first talking movie, ''The Great Dictator'' (1940), was a mockery of [[Adolf Hitler]] that faced possible [[liberal censorship]] by governments appeasing him, including in [[Britain]].  Yet it was the second highest-grossing movie in the [[United States]] that year and today is recognized as being brilliant and prophetic.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210204-the-great-dictator-the-film-that-dared-to-laugh-at-hitler</ref> Chaplin continued to make silent movies long after talking movies began and became popular.
 
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