Terence Towles Canote is the author of the book Television: Rare & Well Done. He runs the blog A Shroud of Thoughts. He has been published in Capper’s Weekly, The Old Cowboy Picture Show, and other small press publications.
Charlie Chaplin was only with Keystone Studios for about a year, but it proved to be a very important year for him. It was at Keystone that he created his best known character, The Tramp. It was here that he wrote and directed his first films and acted in a feature film for the first time. A Silhouette tribute on his birth anniversary.
James Dean acted in only 3 films before he died in a car crash in September 30, 1955. A Silhouette tribute to one of the best known Hollywood actors of all time.
Alfred Hitchcock made his directorial debut in Great Britain with The Pleasure Garden in 1925 and followed it up with a series of successful hits in Britain viz. The Man Who Knew Too Much, Blackmail, The 39 Steps and The Lady Vanishes.
