A. OWN B. MORTGAGE C. HIRE D. MASTERCHARLIE CHAPLINTHE PERSON I AM...

10. A. own B. mortgage C. hire D. masterCHARLIE CHAPLINThe person I am going to write about is Charlie Chaplin. He has always been one ofmy favorite actors and I really (41)_____ his films.Charlie was born in London in 1889. Both his parents were music hall performers. His father wasa drunkard and his mother later (42)______ mad. Life was hard and Charlie and his half brother, Sidney,were sent to a(n) (43)______ for a time.He first appeared on the stage when he was seven and by the time he was ten he was a regularperformer. When he was 17, he went on a tour of the USA where he was (44) _______ and given a part ina Hollywood film. His early films were not particularly successful but in 1915 he made his (45) _______,“The Tramp”, in which he first appeared in the baggy trousers and with the hat and cane. Soon he had hadhis own (46)_______ built and was making his own films which included “The Gold Rush”, “ModernTimes” and “The Great Dictator”.In the 1940s his reputation in the USA started to (47) _______. Silent films were no longer sopopular. Chaplin went to Europe but was not allowed to return to the USA because he was (48) _______of being a communist. The authorities finally let him back in 1972 and he was (49)_______ an Oscar, butby this time he had made Switzerland his home.Chaplin did not have a very happy personal life and was married four times. He only foundhappiness with his fourth marriage in 1943. When he died on Christmas Day 1977, the world had lost oneof the greatest (50) _______ comedians.