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WHEN SIR CHARLES SPENCER CHAPLIN died in Switzerland on Christmas Day, the world lost one of its most lauded and loved figures. Charlie Chaplin's long film career defined the art of cinematic comedy, yet people saw more in his movies than just calculated gags. The Little Tramp, Chaplin's most famous character, was funny, but he won the hearts of world-wide audiences with his pathos and down-at-the-heels dignity. Chaplin had a rare sense of humanity that dominated his work, and though he sought laughter with a perfectionist's intensity, it is this sensitivity that...
...Charles Spencer Chaplin...
...Charles Spencer Chaplin had risen from the darkest of London slums. His father was an alcoholic; his mother sewed blouses for 1½ pence each. Charlie's great character was a memory of that Dickensian experience, a waif in the tradition of Oliver Twist and David Copperfield. Comedy derives from the Greek kōmos, a dance. And indeed, as The Tramp capered about with his unique sleight of foot, he created a choreography of the human condition. In classics like Modern Times, The Gold Rush, The Great Dictator, objects spoke out as never before: bread rolls became ballet...
DIED. Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell, 92, Winston Churchill's "darling Clementine"; of a heart attack; while eating lunch at her London home. An aristocratic beauty, she was married at 23 to Churchill, ten years her senior and already a Member of Parliament and a Cabinet minister, amid great predictions that their marriage would last six months. It lasted for 57 years, and Winston called it "the most fortunate and joyous event" of his life. During his long exile in the political wilderness, her intelligence, her tact and her faith in him made her the perfect foil...
...Crimson suffered due to the sicknesses of Wendy Cole and Caryn Curry, who both played, and the absences of starting center Sue Aboucher, home for Christmas in California, and backup center Karen Spencer, out with bad knees. However, full credit must still be given to Springfield for a superb display of shooting, passing and tight defense...