Ten days after the death of his firstborn infant son, 30-year-old Charlie Chaplin began interviewing child actors for this previously unplanned film in which his Little Tramp finds, adopts and raises an abandoned infant who grows to be a miniature version of himself. The child actor is Jackie Coogan.

Charlie & Jackie in the film THE [...]

MICHAEL JACKSON DRESSED IN CHAPLIN’S LITTLE TRAMP COSTUME

Jackson was fascinated, if not in fact obsessed, with the trajectory of Charlie Chaplin’s life story.

Like Chaplin, Jackson went into show business at a very early age.

Chaplin in his first professional role as a child performer: he was a member of clog dancing [...]