This is silent film's most memorable character.
With just a pair of baggy pants, a derby hat, mustache, floppy shoes, and his own physical genius, Charlie Chaplin created silent film's most memorable character — the Tramp. The Tramp hardly made it out of the silent film age, but as Sara Fishko explains, he's never left the world's imagination.
Video: The Tramp makes his first appearance in the 1914 film Kid Auto Races at Venice
Studio 360's American Icons is made possible in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities: great ideas brought to life. Studio 360 is a co-production of Public Radio International and WNYC Radio, and is funded in part by Ken and Lucy Lehman, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the SC Group. Our series on creativity and science is supported in part by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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I must say...I find it a bit ironic that Chaplin was accused of "un-american activities" and had to leave the US for Europe in the 50´s and now his worked get´s the american icon status.
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