Charlie Chaplin once entered a "Charlie Chaplin look-alike Contest" and Lost!

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <br /> <b>Charlie Chaplin</b> is commonly believed to have <b>finished third in a Chaplin look-alike contest</b>, and the story isn't far from the truth. Chaplin, a British import, was a cultural icon in the 1910s, and contests for who could perform the best imitation of<b> Chaplin's tramp character </b>were popular across the country. The contest in question took place in San Francisco in 1915, and though it's not known <b>exactly what place he finished,</b> most biographers agree that<b> he failed to make the competitions finals</b>. <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51vpRFsGKu6vAxbMT8OUJo58s11RSkN5cyH2hFvCXrqSYKEZgU8Wbki6BUQMX8qtgI8Zu8EHcPxmQCUWHEApkW-fOl8zwEsJ7ITPdRoq8OfdEXJFwLVo4FZgxSpCdfPnveZEhtgNK0-oH/s1600/charlie-chaplin.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51vpRFsGKu6vAxbMT8OUJo58s11RSkN5cyH2hFvCXrqSYKEZgU8Wbki6BUQMX8qtgI8Zu8EHcPxmQCUWHEApkW-fOl8zwEsJ7ITPdRoq8OfdEXJFwLVo4FZgxSpCdfPnveZEhtgNK0-oH/s1600/charlie-chaplin.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> Can you guys believe that Chaplin in his own contest for a look-alike lost and did'nt even make it to the final! </div>

Charlie Chaplin once entered a "Charlie Chaplin look-alike Contest" and Lost!

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Charlie Chaplin is commonly believed to have finished third in a Chaplin look-alike contest, and the story isn't far from the truth. Chaplin, a British import, was a cultural icon in the 1910s, and contests for who could perform the best imitation o… Read more »

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