I wrote about Charlie Chaplin earlier today on some brainstorm shit on why he's the illest director who ever lived. One main reason Chaplin was such a powerful force in film was because of his sincerity. He always stayed true to himself, and never made his silent characters speak for any large sum of money offered to him. One big occurrence in his life was when films began to switch from silent to talking movies, he decided not to conform to what Hollywood wanted and continued to make silent films. When almost no production company would sponsor his silent films, he financed them himself. He felt that the language of silent film was more powerful than anything that could be verbally communicated.
The innovation known as "talkies" was first introduced in 1927 with The Jazz Singer. After that, talkies became the dominant mode of film making. Chaplin was repeatedly criticized for his resistance to make a film using sound through the 1930s. He was accused of having a hideous voice, and because of this he was scared to make a talkie. He was also accused of committing to silent films for the soul reason that he simply couldn't make a talkie even if he wanted to. I can't think of any director who went through such disapproval throughout his lifetime. Even so, Chaplin didn’t really feel any pressure to prove these skeptics wrong, as his main passion was to perform.
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