Charlie Chaplin – History of Sorts

October 18, 2025

Chaplin’s Words Still Ring True—The Great Dictator Speech

The Great Dictator (1940)The Final Speech by Charlie Chaplin I’m sorry, but I don’t want to be an emperor. That’s not my business.I don’t want to rule or conquer anyone.I should like to help everyone if possible—Jew, Gentile—Black man—White. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that.We want to live by

The Great Dictator

To be honest, I was never a great fan of Charlie Chaplin. I was always more of a fan of the Laurel and Hardy-type of humour. I find that Charlie Chaplin’s movies are quite dated when compared to the aforementioned, Laurel and Hardy films. However, there is one notable exception. There has been one Chaplin

Happy Birthday Stan Laurel

Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on the 16th of June in Ulverston, Lancashire in England, 1890. His father was a vaudeville performer and this led Stan to being a stage performer too. He didn’t get much schooling and this resulted to the joining of Fred Karno’s Troupe where Stan understudied the future star,