Charlie Chaplin and Alfred Hitchcock

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Films were first shown publicly in the UK in 1896. Sir Charlie Chaplin became famous in silent movies for his tramp character and made a career in Hollywood. Sir Alfred Hitchcock was a leading director who later went to Hollywood and remained an important film maker until his death in 1980.

Memory tip: Chaplin: silent-film tramp; Hitchcock: famous director who moved to Hollywood.

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Sir Charlie Chaplin became famous in silent films for playing which character?

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