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This era birthed The Kid (1921). Here, Chaplin becomes a father. The scene where a social worker rips his orphaned ward (played by Jackie Coogan, the future Uncle Fester) from his arms is not funny. It is a silent scream. Chaplin had lost a child in infancy; the grief bleeds through the celluloid.

His final films ( Limelight , A King in New York ) are bitter, lonely, and slow. The slapstick is gone. The body that once defied gravity now struggles to stand up from a chair. It is uncomfortable viewing—but necessary. It is the artist looking into the mirror without the makeup. chaplin filmography

When she smiles, you will understand why, nearly a century later, we are still following the Little Tramp down that lonely road. This era birthed The Kid (1921)