Charlie Chaplin entered movies in 1914, an English pantomimist relatively unknown to American audiences.Only two years later, he signed with the Mutual Film Company to make twelve two-reel comedies, four of which are contained in these collection, at a salary of $670,000, becoming the highest-paid entertainer in history.Decades later in My Autobiography, Chaplin wrote that "Fulfilling the Mutual contract, I suppose, was the happiest period of my career.
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