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Charlie Chaplin
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British comedian, director and composer whose Tramp character made him the first truly global screen star. He wrote, directed, produced and scored his own features, co-founded United Artists in 1919 to keep control of them, and carried silent comedy into the sound era on his own terms.
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Defining ContributionThe Tramp; silent comedy as a global art; co-founder of United Artists, 1919 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Chaplin was one of the four founding partners in 1919.
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1. Encyclopedia Britannica
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: United ArtistsQuote, Associated With: United Artists
actors to control their own financial and artistic interests rather than being dependent upon commercial studios
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