Clown Bluey's History of Clowns: Cinema Clowns: Charlie Chaplain - film tramp clown in "The Kid" 1920. The Kid was played by Jackie Coogan [Finler]
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Clown Bluey's History of Clowns: Cinema Clowns: Charlie Chaplain. The invention of the cinema in the 1890's gave clowns greater scope than they could have previously imagined. Skills learned in the circus, the music halls and their American equivalent, vaudeville, were adapted to the screen. |