CHAPLIN THE COMPOSER

When Charlie Chaplin won an Oscar for his movie “Limelight,” it wasn’t for his acting but for composing the film’s original score – a talent few of his fans are aware of. “Perhaps because he was so multifaceted – a comic actor of extraordinary imagination, an untiring, perfectionist director, the co-founder of United Artists – it seems unfair that Chaplin had one more talent. But, though it is largely overlooked today, the creator of the ‘Little Tramp’ was an accomplished musician who wrote soundtracks for nearly all of his films.” – The Guardian