Week-long �Charlie Chaplin Film Festival� begins at BSA

DL reporter

Marking the 127th birth anniversary of Charlie Chaplin, renowned English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer, a week-long ‘Charlie Chaplin Film Festival’ has begun yesterday at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the city.
Arranged by Department of Theatre and Film of BSA, the festival begun yesterday with the screening of ‘Chaplin U-Turn’ at the International Digital Cultural Archive of National Theatre Hall of BSA.
Today the festival will screen ‘Modern Times’ at 6:30pm, while the film ‘The Gold Rush’ will be screened tomorrow.
On the other hand,  Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Charlotte Etley Many Queen’, Laughing Gas’, ‘Face on the Bar Room Floor Reaction’, ‘The Mass Kuardar’, ‘Good For Nothing’, and The Rounder’ will be screened on Tuesday, while ‘The Fireman’, ‘The Adventure’  and ‘ A Dog’s life’ on Wednesday, ‘A Woman’, ‘The Bank’, ‘The Rink’ on Thursday and ‘The Pawnshop’, ‘By the Sea’, ‘The Immigrant’ will be screened on Friday.
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Walworth, London, England on April 16th, 1889, to Hannah Harriet Pedlingham (Hill) and Charles Chaplin, both music hall performers, who were married on June 22, 1885. In November 1914, he left Keystone and signed on at Essanay, where he made 15 films. In 1916, he signed on at Mutual and made 12 films. In 1917, Chaplin signed up with First National Studios, after which he built Chaplin Studios. In 1919 he and Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists (UA). In 1972 he was honored with an Academy Award for his ‘incalculable effect in making motion pictures the art form of the century’. Chaplin’s other works included musical scores he composed for many of his films. He also authored two autobiographical books, ‘My Autobiography’ in 1964 and its companion volume, ‘My Life in Pictures’ in 1974.
Chaplin died of natural causes on December 25, 1977 at his home in Switzerland. In 1978 Chaplin’s corpse was stolen from its grave and was not recovered for three months; he was re-buried in a vault surrounded by cement. l

Week-long �Charlie Chaplin Film Festival� begins at BSA

DL reporter Marking the 127th birth anniversary of Charlie Chaplin, renowned English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer, a week-long Charlie Chaplin Film Festival has begun yesterday at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy (BSA), Segun Bagicha in the city. Arranged by Department of Theatre and Film of BSA, the festival begun yesterday with the screening of Chaplin U-Turn at the International Digital Cultural Archive of National Theatre Hall of BSA. Today the festival will screen Modern Times at 6:30pm, while the film The Gold Rush will be screened tomorrow. On the other hand, Charlie Chaplins Charlotte Etley Many Queen, Laughing Gas, Face on the Bar Room Floor Reaction, The Mass Kuardar, Good For Nothing, and The Rounder will be screened on Tuesday, while The Fireman, The Adventure and A Dogs life on Wednesday, A Woman, The Bank, The Rink on Thursday and The Pawnshop, By the Sea, The Immigrant will be screened on Friday. Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in Walworth, London, England on April 16th, 1889, to Hannah Harriet Pedlingham (Hill) and Charles Chaplin, both music hall performers, who were married on June 22, 1885. In November 1914, he left Keystone and signed on at Essanay, where he made 15 films. In 1916, he signed on at Mutual and made 12 films. In 1917, Chaplin signed up with First National Studios, after which he built Chaplin Studios. In 1919 he and Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists (UA). In 1972 he was honored with an Academy Award for his incalculable effect in making motion pictures the art form of the century. Chaplins other works included musical scores he composed for many of his films. He also authored two autobiographical books, My Autobiography in 1964 and its companion volume, My Life in Pictures in 1974. Chaplin died of natural causes on December 25, 1977 at his home in Switzerland. In 1978 Chaplins corpse was stolen from its grave and was not recovered for three months; he was re-buried in a vault surrounded by cement. l