The Tramp

With just a pair of baggy pants, a derby hat, mustache, floppy shoes, and his own physical genius, Charlie Chaplin created a tragicomic silent film character referred to as the Tramp.

Charlie Chaplin

The Tramp hardly made it out of the silent film age, but as Sara Fishko explains, he's never left the world's imagination.

Voices in the Story

Charles Maland

Professor of English and Cinema Studies at the University of Tennessee

Charles Maland

Jeffrey Vance

Author and Chaplin biographer

Jeffrey Vance

Richard Schickel

Author, filmmaker, and film critic for Time magazine

Richard Schickel

Norman Lloyd

Actor