Charlie Chaplin Pickford, and D. W. Griffith to form a new distribution company – United Artists, established in January 1919. The arrangement was revolutionary in the film industry, as it enabled the four partners – all creative artists – to personally fund their pictures and have complete control. Chaplin was eager to start with the new company and offered to buy out his contract with First National. They refused and insisted that he complete the final six films owed. Before the creation of United Artists, Chaplin married for the first time. The 16-year-old actress Mildred Harris had revealed that she was pregnant
Charlie Chaplin filmography star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1964 Chaplin established his official filmography with the publication of his book, "My Autobiography". The filmography consisted of 80 motion pictures released since 1914. Further detail was added to it in David Robinson's 1985 biography, "Chaplin: His Life and Art", which included Chaplin's last film, "A Countess from Hong Kong" (1967), as the 81st entry. In 2010 the 82nd film was added with the discovery of "A Thief Catcher", an early Keystone film hitherto thought lost. All of Chaplin's films up to and including "The Circus" (1928) were silent, although many were