... and white only, about ten to twelve minutes long, and had no sound. Instead a pianist or organist in the theater provided the background music for the movies. Often times these short films had no solid story line, and amazed people just with the images they captured. It was not until Charlie Chaplin came along that movies began to truly evolve into ... famous films, as well as played numerous legendary characters. Nonetheless the one specific character that audiences still remember Charlie Chaplin for is the Tramp. Introduced in 1915 the Tramp was an under-dog character who's optimism ...

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