Ngo-Epreli ophelileyo, i-16 iphawule isikhumbuzo se-120 sokuzalwa komnye wamanani amakhulu e-cinema yehlabathi: uCharles Chaplin. Kwaye apha siza kwenza irhafu encinci kunye nethobekileyo, njengoko kufanelekile.
UCharles Spencer Chaplin wazalwa ngo-Aprili 16, 1889 eLondon, eNgilani. Ngoko intsapho yakhe yayihlwempuzekile, kwaye loo mvelaphi yamphawula ngonaphakade, kakhulu kangangokuba yayingumxholo okhoyo kwiifilimu zakhe ezininzi (mhlawumbi eyona ikhunjulwayo ngobuchule Amaxesha anamhlanje).
Wachitha ixesha elininzi lobuntwana bakhe esitratweni, njengabalinganiswa bakaDickens, kwaye elo nqanaba ebomini bakhe lazotywa kulo Umntwana, ukususela ngowe-1921. Chaplin ungathi: "Ubuntwana bam baphela ndineminyaka esixhenxe".
Abazali bakhe basebenza kwihlabathi leholo yomculo, kwaye ukusuka apho uCharles oselula wayefunda amanyathelo omboniso. Uyise wabulawa butywala xa wayengumntwana kwaye unina, umdlali we-actress, wahlaselwa sischizophrenia, wamnyanzela ukuba ahlale kwiziko labagula ngengqondo. Oku kwabangela ukuba uCharles nomntakwabo uSydney bakhulele kwikhaya leenkedama.
Ufezekise iminyaka yobuninzi, Waqala ukusebenzela uFred Karno, inkampani edume ngabadlali bayo abahlekisayo, oko kwamvumela ukuba akhenkethe eYurophu naseUnited States. Apho, umvelisi wefilimu UMack Sennett ufumene kwaye wabona italente kaChaplin kwaye wakhawuleza wamqesha ukuba enze ifilimu yakhe yokuqala ngo-1914. Sele ekwifilimu yakhe yesibini, wayenokubonwa ngesinxibo awaziwa ngaso kulo lonke ihlabathi.
UChaplin waya elubhacweni, watshata izihlandlo ezine, wayenabantwana abalishumi elinanye waza wafa ngo-1977 eneminyaka eyi-88. kuba yonke into intsomi ye-cinema yehlabathi.
Umthombo: UClarín