Charlie Chaplin

Recognized as one of the greatest actors in movie history, Charlie Chaplin drew from his impoverished childhood in South London to create the 'Tramp', an undaunted cavalier from the 19th Century trying to survive the materialistic, isolating, technologically-driven 20th Century. Thanks to the endearing charm and spirit of the Tramp, he became the industry's first superstar, signing a contract with the First National Exhibitors Circuit for $1 million in 1918. A life-size cardboard figure of the icon--outfitted in tattered baggy pants, a cutaway coat and vest, impossibly large, worn-out shoes