Chaplin (film) film is structured around flashbacks as the elderly Charlie Chaplin (now living in Switzerland) recollects moments from his life during a conversation with fictional character George Hayden, the editor of his autobiography. Chaplin's recollections begin with his childhood of extreme poverty from which he escapes by immersing himself in the world of the London music halls. After his mother Hannah Chaplin has an attack of nerves on stage during a performance, the four year old Chaplin takes his mother's place on the stage. Hannah retires from performing and is eventually committed to an asylum after developing psychosis. In the years
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