Chaplin 's life on television yesterday

Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) revolutionized the language of cinema and became one of the most loved performers of all time. But he was also a man plagued by loneliness and driven by the search for artistic perfection. His life was an extraordinarily dramatic one, and David Robinson explores the often tragic story of Chaplin’s alcoholic father; his mentally disturbed mother; his marriages to very young women; the “white slavery” case against him; and his persecution by anti-Communist forces during the McCarthy era, which ultimately forced Chaplin to leave America.

Dans les prochains numéros, Un jour, une histoire s'intéressera à Brigitte Bardot, puis à Simone Veil.

Charles Spencer Chaplin est né le 16 avril 1889, à Londres. On lui doit Le Kid, La Ruée vers l'or, Le Cirque, Les Lumières de la ville, Les Temps modernes, Le Dictateur, Monsieur Verdoux, Les Feux de la rampe... Il s'est éteint le 25 décembre 1977, en Suisse, à l'âge de 88 ans.