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1889 Birth of Charles Spencer Chaplin in South London – whether into genteel poverty or grinding poverty remains a matter of some controversy. The lack of a verifiable birth certificate has also exercised many historians, as well as the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
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Bilton, A. (2013). A Brief Chronology of Silent Film Comedy. In: Silent Film Comedy and American Culture. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137020253_1
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