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dated September 13, 1957: Chaplin and the tramp

Charlie Chaplin, the 68-year-old comedian, told reporters in London on September 10 that he would never try to revive the character of the little tramp with the big boots, cane and bowler hat again. For a few moments he pirouetted and shuffled across the floor of his suite at London’s luxury Savoy Hotel in a request impersonation of the immortal “Charlie” – the part that made him world famous in the days of the silent films. His act over, he remarked ruefully, “But it is not so funny now and besides I am getting a little top heavy. There is such a thing as anachronism and a satire about the tramp to-day would be just that. The tramp was once a most cultured person, and that world does not particularly exist any more.”

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