Act 1
Makeup in the dressing room, various close-ups, Chaplin's outfit. On the sidelines comes a conversation between the elderly Chaplin and the editor of his autobiography.
One of the mother's stage performances failed, and Chaplin was accidentally saved as a child - and the mother never sang since then.
Mother came home - with my brother at home. The family was very poor, and my mother vowed to give them plum cake one day.
The almshouse came and knocked on the door, wanting to take the two children away.
Chaplin was taken to an asylum, and his brother was sent to sea.
As a teenager, Chaplin worked on the streets, and his mother's mental illness worsened.
Chaplin sent his mother to a mental hospital.
The older brother introduced Chaplin to the owner of a cruise ship. Chaplin performed so hard that he even jumped into the river. He was hired by the boss.
Chaplin performed in an ingenious way - he pretended to be a drunk audience and interacted with the host. The effect is very good. Backstage, Chaplin met his beloved.
Chaplin took his beloved to a high-end restaurant, but because he was an actor, he was refused entry. This is Chaplin's first date with a loved one. In the noisy food stall, Chaplin proposed to his beloved.
Chaplin went to America. There he saw silent films and was fascinated. He received a telegram from California inviting him to a movie for one hundred and fifty dollars a week.
Chaplin went to the set and the director who invited him didn't believe he was Chaplin because he was too young. Chaplin's improvisation of Drunken captivated everyone present.
The director taught him the concept of editing.
The autobiographical editor makes his first official appearance—he discusses the book editor with an old Chaplin.
Between the costumes and props, Chaplin saw his hat, walking stick, dirty suit, big and broken leather shoes for the first time... The encounter was so magical, it was like a destiny.
on the second act
For the first time, Chaplin, who changed his head, appeared in front of the camera for the first time, and he deliberately disrupted the original shooting rhythm. Under the direction of the director, everyone improvised and the effect was surprisingly good.
Disagreeing with the female director, he offered to direct the play by himself.
I went to my brother and learned that my sweetheart was married.
The elder brother became his agent, and he had a showdown with the boss he worked with before and parted ways.
I met a woman at dinner and asked her to act.
Small disagreements with older brother over political views.
When they met the "child star", the two went to bed.
More and more famous, have their own studio.
Marry and break up with a "child star"; make a relationship with Hoover.
Because of disputes between divorce and "child star", he hides and cuts films everywhere.
under the second act
The older brother picked up the mother from the mental hospital, and Chaplin gave her a house by the sea. But my mother is still not normal.
On the train to London to learn that a loved one has died.
Back in London, hugely popular, found himself full of controversy. So I decided to settle in the United States.
Ride a horse and chat with friends and come to a few big words in Hollywood. Friends told him he was being targeted by the FBI; the age of the sound movie had come.
Hoover stared at him.
He married his second wife.
Say no to sound films and get inspired when you send a sound engineer.
I met another one and divorced him again because I was busy with work.
At a party, he met his divorced wife, met a Nazi, and had a conflict.
Determined to direct "The Great Dictator"
Met a new wife again, who looks like a first love, and the two have a good relationship. This time, he was serious.
But a woman sued before, saying that she was pregnant, but it was actually blackmail.
Act Three
be accused.
Suspected of being a communist.
Go to London and get banned by Hoover.
The interview is over.
Invited to the Oscars.
Review of works.
In the works, he goes far away.
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