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What is this tomfoolery
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Troy Chaplin writing a letter to Port players about how Richmond was so far ahead of us.
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I’m sorry Chappy. You were right.
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...remember when Chappy bumped some bloke and got suspended
...remember when Chappy bumped some bloke and got suspended
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Troy Chaplin was not right.
He left the club when the club was at its lowest and moved to a victorian powerhouse.
Them winning a flag and us stagnating, long after he has left both clubs, does not make him right.
He left the club when the club was at its lowest and moved to a victorian powerhouse.
Them winning a flag and us stagnating, long after he has left both clubs, does not make him right.
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I’m trying to think of one my famous good™ nicknames for Chappy. Only 7 years too late
Thinking ‘Charlie’ like the famous Olsen times silent film actor. Thoughts? Here is the relevant Wikipedia article, for reference
Sir Charles Spencer ChaplinKBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, "The Tramp", and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry.[1] His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.
Chaplin's childhood in London was one of poverty and hardship, as his father was absent and his mother struggled financially, and he was sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine. When he was 14, his mother was committed to a mental asylum. Chaplin began performing at an early age, touring music halls and later working as a stage actor and comedian. At 19, he was signed to the prestigious Fred Karnocompany, which took him to America. He was scouted for the film industry and began appearing in 1914 for Keystone Studios. He soon developed the Tramp persona and formed a large fan base. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the Essanay, Mutual, and First National corporations. By 1918, he was one of the best-known figures in the world.
In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists which gave him complete control over his films. His first feature-length film was The Kid(1921), followed by A Woman of Paris (1923), The Gold Rush(1925), and The Circus (1928). He refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. He became increasingly political, and his next film The Great Dictator(1940) satirized Adolf Hitler. The 1940s were a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused of communist sympathies, while he created scandal through his involvement in a paternity suit and his marriages to much younger women. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux(1947), Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957), and A Countess from Hong Kong(1967).
Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture. His films are characterized by slapstick combined with pathos, typified in the Tramp's struggles against adversity. Many contain social and political themes, as well as autobiographical elements. He received an Honorary Academy Award for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century" in 1972, as part of a renewed appreciation for his work. He continues to be held in high regard, with The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictatoroften ranked on lists of the greatest films of all time.
Biography
1889–1913: Early years
Background and childhood hardship
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16 April 1889 to Hannah Chaplin (born Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill) and Charles Chaplin Sr. There is no official record of his birth, although Chaplin believed he was born at East Street, Walworth, in South London.[2][a] His mother and father had married four years previously, at which time Charles Sr. became the legal guardian of Hannah's illegitimate son, Sydney John Hill.[6]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin#cite_note-9 At the time of his birth, Chaplin's parents were both music hallentertainers. Hannah, the daughter of a shoemaker,[7] had a brief and unsuccessful career under the stage name Lily Harley,[8] while Charles Sr., a butcher's son,[9] was a popular singer.[10] Although they never divorced, Chaplin's parents were estranged by around 1891.[11]The following year, Hannah gave birth to a third son – George Wheeler Dryden – fathered by the music hall entertainer Leo Dryden. The child was taken by Dryden at six months old, and did not re-enter Chaplin's life for 30 years.[12]
Seven-year-old Chaplin (middle centre, leaning slightly) at the Central London District School for paupers, 1897
Chaplin's childhood was fraught with poverty and hardship, making his eventual trajectory "the most dramatic of all the rags to riches stories ever told" according to his authorised biographer David Robinson.[13]Chaplin's early years were spent with his mother and brother Sydney in the London district of Kennington; Hannah had no means of income, other than occasional nursing and dressmaking, and Chaplin Sr. provided no financial support.[14] As the situation deteriorated, Chaplin was sent to Lambeth Workhouse when he was seven years old.[c] The council housed him at the Central London District Schoolfor paupers, which Chaplin remembered as "a forlorn existence".[16] He was briefly reunited with his mother 18 months later, before Hannah was forced to readmit her family to the workhouse in July 1898. The boys were promptly sent to Norwood Schools, another institution for destitute children.[17]
"I was hardly aware of a crisis because we lived in a continual crisis; and, being a boy, I dismissed our troubles with gracious forgetfulness."[18]
— Chaplin on his childhood
In September 1898, Hannah was committed to Cane Hill mental asylum – she had developed a psychosis seemingly brought on by an infection of syphilis and malnutrition.[19] For the two months she was there, Chaplin and his brother Sydney were sent to live with their father, whom the young boys scarcely knew.[20] Charles Sr. was by then a severe alcoholic, and life there was bad enough to provoke a visit from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.[21] Chaplin's father died two years later, at 38 years old, from cirrhosis of the liver.[22]
Hannah entered a period of remission but, in May 1903, became ill again.[21] Chaplin, then 14, had the task of taking his mother to the infirmary, from where she was sent back to Cane Hill.[23] He lived alone for several days, searching for food and occasionally sleeping rough, until Sydney – who had enrolled in the Navy two years earlier – returned.[24] Hannah was released from the asylum eight months later,[25] but in March 1905, her illness returned, this time permanently. "There was nothing we could do but accept poor mother's fate", Chaplin later wrote, and she remained in care until her death in 1928.[26]
Young performer
A teenage Chaplin in the play Sherlock Holmes, in which he appeared between 1903 and 1906
Between his time in the poor schools and his mother succumbing to mental illness, Chaplin began to perform on stage. He later recalled making his first amateur appearance at the age of five years, when he took over from Hannah one night in Aldershot.[d] This was an isolated occurrence, but by the time he was nine Chaplin had, with his mother's encouragement, grown interested in performing. He later wrote: "[she] imbued me with the feeling that I had some sort of talent".[28] Through his father's connections,[29] Chaplin became a member of the Eight Lancashire Lads clog-dancingtroupe, with whom he toured English music halls throughout 1899 and 1900.[e] Chaplin worked hard, and the act was popular with audiences, but he was not satisfied with dancing and wished to form a comedy act.[31]
In the years Chaplin was touring with the Eight Lancashire Lads, his mother ensured that he still attended school but, by age 13, he had abandoned education.[32][33] He supported himself with a range of jobs, while nursing his ambition to become an actor.[34] At 14, shortly after his mother's relapse, he registered with a theatrical agency in London's West End. The manager sensed potential in Chaplin, who was promptly given his first role as a newsboy in Harry Arthur Saintsbury's Jim, a Romance of Cockayne.[35] It opened in July 1903, but the show was unsuccessful and closed after two weeks. Chaplin's comic performance, however, was singled out for praise in many of the reviews.[36]
Saintsbury secured a role for Chaplin in Charles Frohman's production of Sherlock Holmes, where he played Billy the pageboy in three nationwide tours.[37] His performance was so well received that he was called to London to play the role alongside William Gillette, the original Holmes.[f] "It was like tidings from heaven", Chaplin recalled.[39] At 16 years old, Chaplin starred in the play's West End production at the Duke of York's Theatre from October to December 1905.[40]He completed one final tour of Sherlock Holmes in early 1906, before leaving the play after more than two-and-a-half years.[41]
Thinking ‘Charlie’ like the famous Olsen times silent film actor. Thoughts? Here is the relevant Wikipedia article, for reference
Sir Charles Spencer ChaplinKBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, "The Tramp", and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry.[1] His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.
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| Born | Charles Spencer Chaplin 16 April 1889 England |
| Died | 25 December 1977 (aged 88) Manoir de Ban, Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District, Vaud, Switzerland |
| Resting place | Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District, Vaud, Switzerland |
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| Years active | 1899–1976 |
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| Relatives | Chaplin family |
| Website | charliechaplin.com |
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In 1919, Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists which gave him complete control over his films. His first feature-length film was The Kid(1921), followed by A Woman of Paris (1923), The Gold Rush(1925), and The Circus (1928). He refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. He became increasingly political, and his next film The Great Dictator(1940) satirized Adolf Hitler. The 1940s were a decade marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly. He was accused of communist sympathies, while he created scandal through his involvement in a paternity suit and his marriages to much younger women. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux(1947), Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957), and A Countess from Hong Kong(1967).
Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. He was a perfectionist, and his financial independence enabled him to spend years on the development and production of a picture. His films are characterized by slapstick combined with pathos, typified in the Tramp's struggles against adversity. Many contain social and political themes, as well as autobiographical elements. He received an Honorary Academy Award for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century" in 1972, as part of a renewed appreciation for his work. He continues to be held in high regard, with The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictatoroften ranked on lists of the greatest films of all time.
Biography
1889–1913: Early years
Background and childhood hardship
Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16 April 1889 to Hannah Chaplin (born Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill) and Charles Chaplin Sr. There is no official record of his birth, although Chaplin believed he was born at East Street, Walworth, in South London.[2][a] His mother and father had married four years previously, at which time Charles Sr. became the legal guardian of Hannah's illegitimate son, Sydney John Hill.[6]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin#cite_note-9 At the time of his birth, Chaplin's parents were both music hallentertainers. Hannah, the daughter of a shoemaker,[7] had a brief and unsuccessful career under the stage name Lily Harley,[8] while Charles Sr., a butcher's son,[9] was a popular singer.[10] Although they never divorced, Chaplin's parents were estranged by around 1891.[11]The following year, Hannah gave birth to a third son – George Wheeler Dryden – fathered by the music hall entertainer Leo Dryden. The child was taken by Dryden at six months old, and did not re-enter Chaplin's life for 30 years.[12]
Seven-year-old Chaplin (middle centre, leaning slightly) at the Central London District School for paupers, 1897
Chaplin's childhood was fraught with poverty and hardship, making his eventual trajectory "the most dramatic of all the rags to riches stories ever told" according to his authorised biographer David Robinson.[13]Chaplin's early years were spent with his mother and brother Sydney in the London district of Kennington; Hannah had no means of income, other than occasional nursing and dressmaking, and Chaplin Sr. provided no financial support.[14] As the situation deteriorated, Chaplin was sent to Lambeth Workhouse when he was seven years old.[c] The council housed him at the Central London District Schoolfor paupers, which Chaplin remembered as "a forlorn existence".[16] He was briefly reunited with his mother 18 months later, before Hannah was forced to readmit her family to the workhouse in July 1898. The boys were promptly sent to Norwood Schools, another institution for destitute children.[17]
"I was hardly aware of a crisis because we lived in a continual crisis; and, being a boy, I dismissed our troubles with gracious forgetfulness."[18]
— Chaplin on his childhood
In September 1898, Hannah was committed to Cane Hill mental asylum – she had developed a psychosis seemingly brought on by an infection of syphilis and malnutrition.[19] For the two months she was there, Chaplin and his brother Sydney were sent to live with their father, whom the young boys scarcely knew.[20] Charles Sr. was by then a severe alcoholic, and life there was bad enough to provoke a visit from the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.[21] Chaplin's father died two years later, at 38 years old, from cirrhosis of the liver.[22]
Hannah entered a period of remission but, in May 1903, became ill again.[21] Chaplin, then 14, had the task of taking his mother to the infirmary, from where she was sent back to Cane Hill.[23] He lived alone for several days, searching for food and occasionally sleeping rough, until Sydney – who had enrolled in the Navy two years earlier – returned.[24] Hannah was released from the asylum eight months later,[25] but in March 1905, her illness returned, this time permanently. "There was nothing we could do but accept poor mother's fate", Chaplin later wrote, and she remained in care until her death in 1928.[26]
Young performer
A teenage Chaplin in the play Sherlock Holmes, in which he appeared between 1903 and 1906
Between his time in the poor schools and his mother succumbing to mental illness, Chaplin began to perform on stage. He later recalled making his first amateur appearance at the age of five years, when he took over from Hannah one night in Aldershot.[d] This was an isolated occurrence, but by the time he was nine Chaplin had, with his mother's encouragement, grown interested in performing. He later wrote: "[she] imbued me with the feeling that I had some sort of talent".[28] Through his father's connections,[29] Chaplin became a member of the Eight Lancashire Lads clog-dancingtroupe, with whom he toured English music halls throughout 1899 and 1900.[e] Chaplin worked hard, and the act was popular with audiences, but he was not satisfied with dancing and wished to form a comedy act.[31]
In the years Chaplin was touring with the Eight Lancashire Lads, his mother ensured that he still attended school but, by age 13, he had abandoned education.[32][33] He supported himself with a range of jobs, while nursing his ambition to become an actor.[34] At 14, shortly after his mother's relapse, he registered with a theatrical agency in London's West End. The manager sensed potential in Chaplin, who was promptly given his first role as a newsboy in Harry Arthur Saintsbury's Jim, a Romance of Cockayne.[35] It opened in July 1903, but the show was unsuccessful and closed after two weeks. Chaplin's comic performance, however, was singled out for praise in many of the reviews.[36]
Saintsbury secured a role for Chaplin in Charles Frohman's production of Sherlock Holmes, where he played Billy the pageboy in three nationwide tours.[37] His performance was so well received that he was called to London to play the role alongside William Gillette, the original Holmes.[f] "It was like tidings from heaven", Chaplin recalled.[39] At 16 years old, Chaplin starred in the play's West End production at the Duke of York's Theatre from October to December 1905.[40]He completed one final tour of Sherlock Holmes in early 1906, before leaving the play after more than two-and-a-half years.[41]
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Hinkley - 13 years of Pus incoming.
Troy enjoyed shopping at the West Lakes mall and talking to supporters.
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Troy Chaplin is right, even when he’s wrong.
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Fixed it for you.
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Both are true.
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Should we get him back to the club as an assistant?
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Don't even joke about such things. We are hurting Phil not funny.
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My favourite memory of Troy Chaplin is that we improved out of sight as soon as he left and then Richmond improved out of sight as soon as he retired.
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Troy Chaplin is a cursed image
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My favourite memory was when he handed Gav's grand final guernsey back to Josh Carr at Etihad Stadium.
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I've never been 100% sure whether this is a meme or if it's something people actually believe.
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Someone on here, I can’t recall who, made a hilarious CSI type analysis of the video that showed the arm handing it over, comparing it to photos of Chaplin.
As funny as it was, it was also pretty clear it was Chaplin.
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Tbf the coaching still isn't here
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Yeah I know - I doubt he'd even consider darkening the doors at Alberton.
