Editing Charlie Chaplin (section)

==Legacy==
=== Recognition ===
[[File:The Tramp Essanay.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Chaplin as the Tramp, cinema's "most universal icon", in 1915{{sfn|Sarris|p=139}}]]

In 1998, the film critic [[Andrew Sarris]] called Chaplin "arguably the single most important artist produced by the cinema, certainly its most extraordinary performer and probably still its most universal icon".{{sfn|Sarris|p=139}} He is described by the British Film Institute as "a towering figure in world culture",<ref name="BFIChaplinproject">{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/ |title=Charlie Chaplin |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=7 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120622161153/http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/ |archive-date=22 June 2012}}</ref> and was included in ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' magazine's list of the "[[Time 100: The Most Important People of the Century|100 Most Important People of the 20th Century]]" for the "laughter [he brought] to millions" and because he "more or less invented global recognizability and helped turn an industry into an art".<ref name="time 100">{{cite magazine |title=Time 100: Charlie Chaplin |url=http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/chaplin.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110523194732/http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/chaplin.html |archive-date=23 May 2011 |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |first=Joshua|last=Quittner |author-link=Josh Quittner |date=8 June 1998 |url-status=dead |access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> In 1999, the [[American Film Institute]] ranked Chaplin as the 10th greatest [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Stars|male star]] of [[Classical Hollywood cinema|Classic Hollywood Cinema]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.afi.com/100years/stars.aspx |title=AFI's 100 Years{{spaces}}... 100 Stars |publisher=American Film Institute |date=16 June 1999 |access-date=3 March 2023 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130113043532/http://www.afi.com/100years/stars.aspx |archive-date=13 January 2013}}</ref>

The image of the Tramp has become a part of cultural history;{{sfn|Hansmeyer|p=3}} according to Simon Louvish, the character is recognisable to people who have never seen a Chaplin film, and in places where his films are never shown.{{sfn|Louvish|p=xvii}} The critic [[Leonard Maltin]] has written of the "unique" and "indelible" nature of the Tramp, and argued that no other comedian matched his "worldwide impact".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/chaplinfirst_last_and_always |title=Chaplin – First, Last, And Always |work=Indiewire |access-date=7 October 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130525165601/http://blogs.indiewire.com/leonardmaltin/chaplinfirst_last_and_always |archive-date=25 May 2013 }}</ref> Praising the character, [[Richard Schickel]] suggests that Chaplin's films with the Tramp contain the most "eloquent, richly comedic expressions of the human spirit" in movie history.{{sfn|Schickel|p=41}} Memorabilia connected to the character still fetches large sums in auctions: in 2006 a bowler hat and a bamboo cane that were part of the Tramp's costume were bought for $140,000 in a Los Angeles auction.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5116474.stm |title=Record Price for Chaplin Hat Set |publisher=BBC |access-date=7 October 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120423104143/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/5116474.stm |archive-date=23 April 2012}}</ref>

As a filmmaker, Chaplin is considered a pioneer and one of the most influential figures of the early twentieth century.{{sfnm|1a1=Cousins|1p=72|2a1=Kemp|2pp=8, 22|3a1=Gunning|3p=41|4a1=Sarris|4p=139|5a1=Hansmeyer|5p=3}} He is often credited as one of the medium's first artists.{{sfnm|1a1=Schickel|1pp=3–4|2a1=Cousins|2p=36|3a1=Robinson|3pp=209–211|4a1=Kamin|4p=xiv}} Film historian [[Mark Cousins (film critic)|Mark Cousins]] has written that Chaplin "changed not only the imagery of cinema, but also its sociology and grammar" and claims that Chaplin was as important to the development of comedy as a genre as [[D. W. Griffith|D.W. Griffith]] was to drama.{{sfn|Cousins|p=70}} He was the first to popularise feature-length comedy and to slow down the pace of action, adding pathos and subtlety to it.{{sfn|Schickel|pp=7, 13}}<ref name="silent clowns">{{Cite episode|title=Charlie Chaplin|series=Silent Clowns|credits=Presented by [[Paul Merton]], directed by Tom Cholmondeley|network=[[British Broadcasting Corporation]]|station=[[BBC Four]]|date=1 June 2006}}</ref> Although his work is mostly classified as slapstick, Chaplin's drama ''A Woman of Paris'' (1923) was a major influence on [[Ernst Lubitsch]]'s film ''[[The Marriage Circle]]'' (1924) and thus played a part in the development of "sophisticated comedy".{{sfnm|1a1=Thompson|1pp=398–399|2a1=Robinson|2p=321|3a1=Louvish|3p=185}} According to David Robinson, Chaplin's innovations were "rapidly assimilated to become part of the common practice of film craft".{{sfn|Robinson|p=321}} Filmmakers who cited Chaplin as an influence include [[Federico Fellini]] (who called Chaplin "a sort of [[Adam]], from whom we are all descended"),{{sfn|Robinson|p=632}} [[Jacques Tati]] ("Without him I would never have made a film"),{{sfn|Robinson|p=632}} [[René Clair]] ("He inspired practically every filmmaker"),{{sfn|Robinson|p=631}} [[François Truffaut]] ("My religion is cinema. I believe in Charlie Chaplin…"),<ref>{{cite web|title=First Person Cinema|url=https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/truffaut-first-person-cinema/|website=TLS}}</ref> [[Michael Powell]],{{sfn|Brownlow|p=77}} [[Billy Wilder]],<ref name="story of film">{{Cite episode|title=Episode 2|series=[[The Story of Film: An Odyssey]]|credits=[[Mark Cousins (film critic)|Mark Cousins]]|network=[[Channel 4]]|station=[[More4]]|date=10 September 2011|time=27:51–28:35}}</ref> [[Vittorio De Sica]],{{sfn|Cardullo|pp=16, 212}} and [[Richard Attenborough]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Attenborough Introduction |url=http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/programme/attenborough.html |work=Charlie Chaplin |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=11 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105202221/http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/programme/attenborough.html |archive-date= 5 November 2013}}</ref> Russian filmmaker [[Andrei Tarkovsky]] praised Chaplin as "the only person to have gone down into cinematic history without any shadow of a doubt. The films he left behind can never grow old."<ref name="tarovsky">{{Cite journal|title=Tarkovsky's Choice |author=Lasica, Tom |journal=[[Sight & Sound]] |date=March 1993 |volume=3 |issue=3 |url=http://people.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Tarkovsky-TopTen.html |access-date=1 February 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214101036/http://people.ucalgary.ca/~tstronds/nostalghia.com/TheTopics/Tarkovsky-TopTen.html |archive-date=14 February 2014}}</ref> Indian filmmaker [[Satyajit Ray]] said about Chaplin "If there is any name which can be said to symbolise cinema{{snd}}it is Charlie Chaplin… I am sure Chaplin's name will survive even if the cinema ceases to exist as a medium of artistic expression. Chaplin is truly immortal."<ref>{{cite web|title=Ray's Views|url=https://satyajitrayworld.org/rays_view.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160924052756/http://satyajitrayworld.org/rays_view.html|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 September 2016|website=Satyajit Ray world.org}}</ref> French auteur [[Jean Renoir]]'s favourite filmmaker was Chaplin.<ref>{{cite web|title=Jean Renoir:The not so simple man|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/jean-renoir-the-not-so-simple-man-6111144.html|website=Independent|date=20 January 2006}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Chaplin Revue|url=https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2010/01/19/the-chaplin-revue/|website=MoMA}}</ref>
[[File:Hombre_disfrazado_de_Charlot_delante_del_Gran_Casino_de_San_Sebastián_(1_de_2)_-_Fondo_Car-Kutxa_Fototeka.jpg|thumb|A Chaplin impersonator and his audience in [[San Sebastián]], Spain, in 1919]]

Chaplin also strongly influenced the work of later comedians. [[Marcel Marceau]] said he was inspired to become a mime artist after watching Chaplin,<ref name="silent clowns"/> while the actor [[Raj Kapoor]] based his screen persona on the Tramp.<ref name="story of film"/> Mark Cousins has also detected Chaplin's comedic style in the French character [[Monsieur Hulot]] and the Italian character [[Totò]].<ref name="story of film"/> In other fields, Chaplin helped inspire the cartoon characters [[Felix the Cat]]{{sfn|Canemaker|pp=38, 78}} and [[Mickey Mouse]],{{sfn|Jackson|pp=439–444}} and was an influence on the [[Dada]] art movement.{{sfn|Simmons|pp=8–11}} As one of the founding members of United Artists, Chaplin also had a role in the development of the film industry. Gerald Mast has written that although UA never became a major company like [[MGM]] or [[Paramount Pictures]], the idea that directors could produce their own films was "years ahead of its time".{{sfn|Mast|p=100}}

In 1992, the ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' Critics' Top Ten Poll ranked Chaplin at No. 5 in its list of "Top 10 Directors" of all time.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sight and Sound Poll 1992: Critics |publisher=[[California Institute of Technology]] |url=http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/sight/1992_1.html |access-date=29 May 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618053015/http://alumnus.caltech.edu/~ejohnson/sight/1992_1.html |archive-date=18 June 2015 }}</ref> In the 21st century, several of Chaplin's films are still regarded as classics and among the greatest ever made. The 2012 ''[[Sight & Sound]]'' poll, which compiles "top ten" ballots from film critics and directors to determine each group's most acclaimed films,
saw ''City Lights'' rank among the critics' top 50, ''Modern Times'' inside the top 100, and ''The Great Dictator'' and ''The Gold Rush'' placed in the top 250.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greatest Films Poll: Critics Top 250 Films |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/critics |work=Sight & Sound |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=31 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207035347/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/critics |archive-date= 7 February 2016}}</ref> The top 100 films as voted on by directors included ''Modern Times'' at number 22, ''City Lights'' at number 30, and ''The Gold Rush'' at number 91.<ref>{{cite web|title=Directors' Top 100 Films |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/directors |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160209010504/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/directors |archive-date= 9 February 2016}}</ref> Every one of Chaplin's features received a vote.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Greatest Films Poll: All Films |work=Sight & Sound |url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/films |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=31 January 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160205070805/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/sightandsoundpoll2012/films |archive-date= 5 February 2016}}</ref> Chaplin was ranked at No. 35 on ''[[Empire (film magazine)|Empire]]'' magazine's "Top 40 Greatest Directors of All-Time" list in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=Greatest Film Directors and Their Best Films |publisher=[[Filmsite.org]] |url=http://www.filmsite.org/directors5.html |access-date=19 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150419022028/http://www.filmsite.org/directors1.html|archive-date=19 April 2015 }}</ref> In 2007, the [[American Film Institute]] named ''City Lights'' the 11th [[AFI's 100 Years ... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|greatest American film of all time]], while ''The Gold Rush'' and ''Modern Times'' again ranked in the top 100.<ref>{{cite web|title=AFI's 100 Years{{spaces}}... 100 Movies – 10th Anniversary Edition |url=http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies10.aspx |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150818175815/http://www.afi.com/100Years/movies10.aspx |archive-date=18 August 2015}}</ref> Books about Chaplin continue to be published regularly, and he is a popular subject for media scholars and film archivists.{{sfnm|1a1=Louvish|1p=xvi|2a1=Maland|2y=1989|2pp=xi, 359, 370}} Many of Chaplin's films have had a DVD and [[Blu-ray]] release.<ref>{{cite web |title=DVDs, United States |url=http://www.charliechaplin.com/en/us/dvds |publisher=Charlie Chaplin |access-date=23 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224103005/http://www.charliechaplin.com/en/us/dvds |archive-date=24 December 2013}}
{{cite web |title=DVDs, United Kingdom |url=http://www.charliechaplin.com/en/uk/dvds |publisher=Charlie Chaplin |access-date=23 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313013148/http://www.charliechaplin.com/en/uk/dvds |archive-date=13 March 2014}}</ref>

{{anchor|Roy Export Company Establishment}}Chaplin's legacy is managed on behalf of his children by the Chaplin office, located in Paris. The office represents Association Chaplin, founded by some of his children "to protect the name, image and moral rights" to his body of work, Roy Export SAS, which owns the copyright to most of his films made after 1918, and Bubbles Incorporated S.A., which owns the copyrights to his image and name.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.charliechaplin.com/fr/contacts/articles/148-Association-Chaplin |title=Association Chaplin |publisher=Association Chaplin |access-date=13 July 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911033016/http://charliechaplin.com/fr/contacts/articles/148-Association-Chaplin |archive-date=11 September 2013}}; {{cite web |url=http://thelittlefellow.org/interview3.html |title=Interview with Kate Guyonvarch |publisher=Lisa K. Stein |access-date=24 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527070150/http://www.thelittlefellow.org/interview3.html |archive-date=27 May 2013}}</ref> Their central archive is held at the archives of [[Montreux]], Switzerland and scanned versions of its contents, including 83,630 images, 118 scripts, 976 manuscripts, 7,756 letters, and thousands of other documents, are available for research purposes at the Chaplin Research Centre at the [[Cineteca di Bologna]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/resources/worldwide/chaplin-archive.html |title=Chaplin Archive |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=11 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120710003742/http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/resources/worldwide/chaplin-archive.html |archive-date=10 July 2012}};{{cite web |title=Charlie Chaplin Archive |url=http://www.charliechaplinarchive.org/sito/cerca/596/ |publisher=Cineteca Bologna |access-date=11 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225224802/http://www.charliechaplinarchive.org/sito/cerca/596/ |archive-date=25 December 2015 }}</ref> The photographic archive, which includes approximately 10,000 photographs from Chaplin's life and career, is kept at the [[Musée de l'Élysée|Musée de l'Elysée]] in [[Lausanne]], Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elysee.ch/en/collections/chaplin-at-the-musee-de-lelysee/|title=Chaplin at the Musée de l'Elysée|publisher=Musée de l'Elysée|access-date=12 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105223440/http://www.elysee.ch/en/collections/chaplin-at-the-musee-de-lelysee/|archive-date=5 November 2013}}</ref> The British Film Institute has also established the Charles Chaplin Research Foundation, and the first international Charles Chaplin Conference was held in London in July 2005.<ref>{{cite web|title=The BFI Charles Chaplin Conference July 2005 |url=http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/programme/conference/ |work=Charlie Chaplin |publisher=British Film Institute |access-date=11 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105205524/http://chaplin.bfi.org.uk/programme/conference/ |archive-date= 5 November 2013}}</ref> Elements for many of Chaplin's films are held by the [[Academy Film Archive]] as part of the Roy Export Chaplin Collection.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roy Export Chaplin Collection|url=https://www.oscars.org/film-archive/collections/roy-export-chaplin-collection|website=Academy Film Archive|date=5 September 2014}}</ref>

===Commemoration and tributes===
Chaplin's final home, Manoir de Ban in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, has been converted into a museum named "[[Chaplin's World]]". It opened on 17 April 2016 after fifteen years of development, and is described by [[Reuters]] as "an interactive museum showcasing the life and works of Charlie Chaplin".<ref>{{cite web |last=Poullain-Majchrzak |first=Ania |title=Chaplin's World museum opens its doors in Switzerland |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-chaplin-museum-idUSKCN0XF212 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=18 April 2016}}</ref> On the 128th anniversary of his birth, a record-setting 662 people dressed as the Tramp in an event organised by the museum.<ref>{{cite news|title=Charlie Chaplins gather in their hundreds to set world record – video|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2017/apr/17/charlie-chaplins-gather-in-their-hundreds-to-set-world-record-video|date=17 April 2017|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Previously, the [[Museum of the Moving Image (London)|Museum of the Moving Image]] in London held a permanent display on Chaplin, and hosted a dedicated exhibition to his life and career in 1988. The [[London Film Museum]] hosted an exhibition called ''Charlie Chaplin{{snd}}The Great Londoner'', from 2010 until 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.londonfilmmuseum.com/south-bank/about-us/ |title=London Film Museum: About Us |publisher=London Film Museum |access-date=3 March 2023 |url-status=deviated |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828174545/http://www.londonfilmmuseum.com/south-bank/about-us/ |archive-date=28 August 2012}}</ref>

[[File:Charles Chaplin St Pauls Covent Garden.jpg|thumb|right|190px|Chaplin memorial plaque in [[St Paul's, Covent Garden]], London]]
In London, a statue of Chaplin as the Tramp, sculpted by [[John Doubleday (sculptor)|John Doubleday]] and unveiled in 1981, is located in [[Leicester Square]].{{sfn|Robinson|p=677}} The city also includes a road named after him in central London, "Charlie Chaplin Walk", which is the location of the [[BFI IMAX]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Welcome to IMAX United Kingdom|url=https://www.imax.com/countries/gb/|publisher=IMAX|access-date=22 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150604110826/https://www.imax.com/countries/gb/|archive-date=4 June 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are nine [[blue plaque]]s memorialising Chaplin in London, Hampshire, and Yorkshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Charlie Chaplin|url=http://www.blueplaqueplaces.co.uk/subject/sir-charlie-chaplin-2190|website=Blue Plaque Places|access-date=20 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180501143558/http://www.blueplaqueplaces.co.uk/subject/sir-charlie-chaplin-2190|archive-date=1 May 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> In [[Canning Town]], East London, the Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden, opened by Chaplin's granddaughter [[Oona Chaplin]] in 2015, commemorates the meeting between Chaplin and [[Mahatma Gandhi]] at a local house in 1931.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Morton |first=Sophie |date=21 May 2015 |title=Gandhi Chaplin Memorial Garden opened in Canning Town |url=https://www.newhamrecorder.co.uk/news/gandhi-chaplin-memorial-garden-opened-in-canning-town-3027550 |access-date=10 April 2022 |website=Newham Recorder |language=en-UK}}</ref> The Swiss town of [[Vevey]] named a park in his honour in 1980 and erected a statue there in 1982.{{sfn|Robinson|p=677}} In 2011, two large murals depicting Chaplin on two 14-storey buildings were also unveiled in Vevey.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/3490412-vevey-les-tours-chaplin-ont-ete-inaugurees.html |title=Vevey: Les Tours "Chaplin" Ont Été Inaugurées |date=8 October 2011 |publisher=RTS.ch |access-date=22 July 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028101229/http://www.rts.ch/info/suisse/3490412-vevey-les-tours-chaplin-ont-ete-inaugurees.html |archive-date=28 October 2012}} (In French)</ref> Chaplin has also been honoured by the Irish town of [[Waterville, County Kerry|Waterville]], where he spent several summers with his family in the 1960s. A statue was erected in 1998;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://visitwaterville.ie/charlie-chaplin/ |title=Charlie Chaplin |publisher=VisitWaterville.ie |access-date=22 July 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150222040227/http://visitwaterville.ie/charlie-chaplin/ |archive-date=22 February 2015}}</ref> since 2011, the town has been host to the annual Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival, which was founded to celebrate Chaplin's legacy and to showcase new comic talent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chaplinfilmfestival.com/the-story/ |title=The Story |publisher=Charlie Chaplin Comedy Film Festival |access-date=3 March 2023|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120824040116/http://chaplinfilmfestival.com/the-story/ |archive-date=24 August 2012}}</ref>

In other tributes, a [[minor planet]], [[3623 Chaplin]] (discovered by Soviet astronomer [[Lyudmila Karachkina]] in 1981) is named after him.{{sfn|Schmadel|p=305}} Throughout the 1980s, the Tramp image was used by [[IBM]] to advertise their personal computers.{{sfn|Maland|1989|pp=362–370}} Chaplin's 100th birthday anniversary in 1989 was marked with several events around the world,{{efn|On his birthday, 16 April, ''City Lights'' was screened at a gala at the [[Dominion Theatre]] in London, the site of its British premiere in 1931.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1144&dat=19890417&id=gRwhAAAAIBAJ&pg=7100,2621993 |title=Charlie Chaplin's 100th Birthday Gala a Royal Bash in London |work=[[The Pittsburgh Press]] |location=US |date= 17 April 1989|access-date=22 July 2012 | first=Dan | last=Kamin}}</ref> In Hollywood, a screening of a restored version of ''How to Make Movies'' was held at his former studio, and in Japan, he was honoured with a musical tribute. Retrospectives of his work were presented that year at [[BFI Southbank|The National Film Theatre]] in London,<ref name=NewSundayTimes/> the [[Munich Stadtmuseum]]<ref name=NewSundayTimes>{{cite news|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1295&dat=19890416&id=RK5UAAAAIBAJ&pg=4220,91114 |title=Chaplin's Back in The Big Time |work= [[New Straits Times|New Sunday Times]] |date= 16 April 1989|access-date=22 July 2012 }}</ref> and the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in New York, which also dedicated a gallery exhibition, ''Chaplin: A Centennial Celebration'', to him.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.moma.org/docs/press_archives/6653/releases/MOMA_1989_0020_20.pdf?2010|title= The Museum of Modern Art Honors Charles Chaplin's Contributions to Cinema |date= March 1989|publisher=The Museum of Modern Art Press Release |access-date=22 July 2012}}</ref>}} and on 15 April 2011, a day before his 122nd birthday, [[Google]] celebrated him with a special [[Google Doodle]] video on its global and other country-wide homepages.<ref>{{cite web|title=Google Doodles a Video Honouring Charlie Chaplin |url=http://www.news18.com/news/india/google-doodles-a-video-honouring-charlie-chaplin-366297.html |website=[[News18]] |date=15 April 2011 |access-date=15 April 2011 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509104424/http://www.news18.com/news/india/google-doodles-a-video-honouring-charlie-chaplin-366297.html |archive-date= 9 May 2016}}</ref>

{{Wide image|Chaplin statues.jpg|800px|Statues of Chaplin around the world, located at (left to right) 1.{{spaces}}[[Trenčianske Teplice]], Slovakia; 2.{{spaces}}[[Chełmża]], Poland; 3.{{spaces}}[[Waterville, County Kerry|Waterville]], Ireland; 4.{{spaces}}London, England; 5.{{spaces}}[[Hyderabad]], India; 6.{{spaces}}[[Alassio]], Italy; 7.{{spaces}}[[Barcelona]], Spain; 8.{{spaces}}[[Vevey]], Switzerland|center}}

===Characterisations===
Chaplin is the subject of a biographical film, ''[[Chaplin (film)|Chaplin]]'' (1992) directed by [[Richard Attenborough]] and starring [[Robert Downey Jr.]] in the title role, with Geraldine Chaplin playing Hannah Chaplin.<ref>{{cite web|title=Robert Downey, Jr. profile, Finding Your Roots |url=https://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/profiles/robert-downey-jr/ |publisher=PBS |access-date=9 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123205555/http://www.pbs.org/weta/finding-your-roots/profiles/robert-downey-jr/ |archive-date=23 November 2015}}</ref> He is also a character in the [[historical drama]] film ''[[The Cat's Meow]]'' (2001), played by [[Eddie Izzard]], and in the made-for-television movie ''[[The Scarlett O'Hara War]]'' (1980), played by [[Clive Revill]].<ref>{{cite news|title=The Cat's Meow – Cast|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/251894/The-Cat-s-Meow/cast|access-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124051810/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/251894/The-Cat-s-Meow/cast|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|archive-date=24 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The Scarlett O'Hara War – Cast|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128737/The-Scarlett-O-Hara-War/cast|access-date=9 November 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124005021/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/128737/The-Scarlett-O-Hara-War/cast|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=2015|archive-date=24 November 2015}}</ref> A television series about Chaplin's childhood, ''Young Charlie Chaplin'', ran on [[PBS]] in 1989, and was nominated for an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Children's Program.<ref>{{cite web|title=Young Charlie Chaplin Wonderworks |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/young-charlie-chaplin-wonderworks |publisher=Emmys |access-date=9 November 2013 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131109152052/http://www.emmys.com/shows/young-charlie-chaplin-wonderworks |archive-date= 9 November 2013}}</ref> The French film ''[[The Price of Fame (2014 film)|The Price of Fame]]'' (2014) is a fictionalised account of the robbery of Chaplin's grave.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/charlie-chaplins-family-see-the-funny-side-of-film-about-his-corpse-being-stolen-9697758.html|title=Charlie Chaplin's family see the funny side of film about his corpse being stolen|first=Geoffrey|last=Macnab|work=The Independent|date=28 August 2014|access-date=16 November 2018}}</ref> ''[[Tommy Steele in Search of Charlie Chaplin]]'' investigated Chaplin's roots in south-east London.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2289366/|title=Tommy Steele in Search of Charlie Chaplin|date=12 April 1971|via=IMDb}}</ref>

Chaplin's life has also been the subject of several stage productions. Two musicals, ''[[Little Tramp]]'' and ''[[Chaplin (1993 musical)|Chaplin]]'', were produced in the early 1990s. In 2006, [[Thomas Meehan (writer)|Thomas Meehan]] and Christopher Curtis created another musical, ''[[Chaplin (2006 musical)|Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin]]'', which was first performed at the [[La Jolla Playhouse]] in San Diego in 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/the-season/2010-2011-season/limelight| title=Limelight – The Story of Charlie Chaplin |publisher=La Jolla Playhouse |access-date=25 June 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721141919/http://www.lajollaplayhouse.org/the-season/2010-2011-season/limelight|archive-date=21 July 2013}}</ref> It was adapted for [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] two years later, re-titled ''Chaplin{{snd}}A Musical''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://chaplinbroadway.com/ |title=Chaplin – A Musical |publisher=Barrymore Theatre |access-date=25 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615070714/http://www.chaplinbroadway.com/ |archive-date=15 June 2012 }}</ref> Chaplin was portrayed by Robert McClure in both productions. In 2013, two plays about Chaplin premiered in [[Finland]]: ''Chaplin'' at the [[Swedish Theatre|Svenska Teatern]],<ref name="ChaplinFinland">{{cite web |title=Ohjelmisto: Chaplin |url=http://www.svenskateatern.fi/fi/ohjelmisto/ohjelmisto/chaplin/ |publisher=Svenska Teatern |access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130413030359/http://www.svenskateatern.fi/fi/ohjelmisto/ohjelmisto/chaplin/ |archive-date=13 April 2013}}</ref> and ''Kulkuri'' (''The Tramp'') at the [[Tampere Workers' Theatre]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Kulkuri |url=http://www.ttt-teatteri.fi/ohjelmisto/kulkuri |publisher=Tampereen Työväen Teatteri |access-date=2 October 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005002019/http://www.ttt-teatteri.fi/ohjelmisto/kulkuri |archive-date=5 October 2013 }}</ref>

Chaplin has also been characterised in [[literary fiction]]. He is the protagonist of [[Robert Coover]]'s short story "Charlie in the House of Rue" (1980; reprinted in Coover's 1987 collection ''A Night at the Movies''), and of [[Glen David Gold]]'s ''[[Sunnyside (novel)|Sunnyside]]'' (2009), a historical novel set in the [[First World War]] period.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jun/27/sunnyside-glen-gold-charlie-chaplin |author=Ness, Patrick |title=Looking for the Little Tramp |newspaper=The Guardian |date=27 June 2009 |access-date=25 June 2012 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005145244/http://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/jun/27/sunnyside-glen-gold-charlie-chaplin |archive-date= 5 October 2013}}</ref> A day in Chaplin's life in 1909 is dramatised in the chapter titled "Modern Times" in [[Alan Moore]]'s ''[[Jerusalem (Moore novel)|Jerusalem]]'' (2016), a novel set in the author's home town of [[Northampton, England|Northampton]], England.<ref>{{cite news|title=Jerusalem by Alan Moore review – Midlands metaphysics |url=https://www.ft.com/content/3d901676-9f6e-11e6-891e-abe238dee8e2 |newspaper=[[Financial Times]] |date=17 January 2017 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161113063850/https://www.ft.com/content/3d901676-9f6e-11e6-891e-abe238dee8e2 |archive-date=13 November 2016}}</ref> In Gorman Bechard's debut novel [[Gorman_Bechard#The_Second_Greatest_Story_Ever_Told|''The Second Greatest Story Ever Told'']], Chaplin is named as the second coming of [[Jesus Christ]].<ref name="LATimes-2ndGreatest-1991">{{cite news|last=Herczog|first=Mary|title=Fiction: In Brief: The Second Greatest Story Ever Told|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-11-17-bk-156-story.html|access-date=21 January 2015|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=17 November 1991}}</ref>

[[Matthew Finlan]] portrays Chaplin in episode 1 of season 14 "[[List of Murdoch Mysteries episodes#Season 14 (2021)|Murdoch and the Tramp]]" (4 January 2021) of the [[CBC Television|Canadian television]] period [[Detective fiction|detective series]] [[Murdoch Mysteries]].

===Legal precedent===

A [[Charlie Chaplin right of publicity case|lawsuit brought by Chaplin]], ''Chaplin v. Amador'', 93 Cal. App. 358 (1928), set an important legal precedent{{snd}}that a performer's persona and style, in this case Chaplin's "particular kind or type of mustache, old and threadbare hat, clothes and shoes, a decrepit derby, ill-fitting vest, tight-fitting coat, and trousers and shoes much too large for him, and with this attire, a flexible cane usually carried, swung and bent as he performs his part", is entitled to legal protection from those unfairly mimicking those traits in order to deceive the public.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chaplin v. Amador |url=https://casetext.com/case/chaplin-v-amador |website=www.casetext.com |publisher=CaseText |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref> The case was an important milestone in U.S. courts' ultimate recognition of a common-law [[right of publicity]].<ref>{{cite web |last=Raga |first=Suzanne |title=Charlie Chaplin Once Sued An Imposter Named 'Charlie Aplin' |url=https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/66364/charlie-chaplin-once-sued-imposter-named-charlie-aplin |website=www.mentalfloss.com |date=17 July 2015 |publisher=Mental Floss |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref>