Here are some interesting stamps I got recently.
Charlie Chaplin is one of my favorite comic actors. When I was a very young boy, on TV, it used to have not much interesting shows, only every Sunday, there were Charlie show at 8 AM and Doraemon then Lucky Luke at 10AM if I remember well. They were really fancy to me at that time.
This stamp is released in 2014 to celebrate 125th Anniversary of the Birth of Charlie Chaplin, 1889-2014.
Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16
April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and
composer who rose to fame in the silent era. Chaplin became a worldwide icon
through his screen persona "the Tramp" and is considered one of the
most important figures in the history of the film industry.[1] His career
spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year
before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.
Chaplin's childhood in London was one of poverty and
hardship. As his father was absent and his mother struggled financially, he was
sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine. When he was 14, his mother
was committed to a mental asylum. Chaplin began performing at an early age,
touring music halls and later working as a stage actor and comedian. At 19 he
was signed to the prestigious Fred Karno company, which took him to America.
Chaplin was scouted for the film industry, and began appearing in 1914 for
Keystone Studios. He soon developed the Tramp persona and formed a large fan
base. Chaplin directed his own films from an early stage, and continued to hone
his craft as he moved to the Essanay, Mutual, and First National corporations.
By 1918, he was one of the best known figures in the world.
In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United
Artists, which gave him complete control over his films. His first
feature-length was The Kid (1921), followed by A Woman of Paris (1923), The
Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928). He refused to move to sound films in
the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without
dialogue. Chaplin became increasingly political, and his next film, The Great
Dictator (1940), satirised Adolf Hitler. The 1940s were a decade marked with
controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused of
communist sympathies, while his involvement in a paternity suit and marriages
to much younger women caused scandal. An FBI investigation was opened, and
Chaplin was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland. He
abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947),
Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957), and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967).
Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and
composed the music for most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his
financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and
production of a picture. His films are characterised by slapstick combined with
pathos, typified in the Tramp's struggles against adversity. Many contain
social and political themes, as well as autobiographical elements. In 1972, as
part of a renewed appreciation for his work, Chaplin received an Honorary
Academy Award for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion
pictures the art form of this century". He continues to be held in high
regard, with The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator
often ranked on industry lists of the greatest films of all time.
Source: wiki
