A century ago, Keystone Studios in California began to release short comedy films that featured Charlie Chaplin, a British actor with a small mustache who wore a derby, large shoes and carried a cane.

Introduction -- Charlie Chaplin's early years -- Mack Sennett and the Keystone Studios -- Chaplin's Keystone films -- Making a living -- Kid auto races at Venice, Cal -- Mabel's strange predicament -- ...

Charles Chaplin came to Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios late in 1913 as a little-known British vaudevillian, and after a year, had not only established his Tramp character, learned to write and direct ...