On this day in Horror History, Charles Spencer Chaplin was born. One of the most pivotal actors in the infancy of cinema, the silent film star has inspired countless talented people in the movie industry. The first actor ever to be featured on the cover of Time Magazine in 1925, Chaplin’s global notoriety thrust him before the eyes of some of the most influential historical figures in living history. Not all for the better, it is rumored that the beloved star would inspire the toothbrush mustache adorned by Adolf Hitler, as the dictator’s goal was to harness the global appeal of Chaplin, regardless of his disdain for the Switzerland born icon whom he incorrectly believed to be a Jew. An talent of limitless bounds, Chaplin has impacted every facet of film and will continue to share a legacy of brilliance in the dawning of motion picture history.
“Naturalness is the greatest requisite of comedy. It must be real and true to life. I believe in realism absolutely. Real things appeal to the people far quicker than the grotesque. My comedy is actual life, with the slightest twist or exaggeration, you might say, to bring out what it might be under certain circumstances.” –Charles Chaplin
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