Charlie Chaplin starred in a film.
Charlie Chaplin . Chaplin became increasingly political , and his next film , The Great Dictator ( 1940 ) , satirised Adolf Hitler . City Lights is a 1931 American pre-Code silent romantic comedy film written , directed by , and starring Charlie Chaplin . Modern Times (film) . The movie stars Chaplin , Paulette Goddard , Henry Bergman , Tiny Sandford and Chester Conklin . The Great Dictator is a 1940 American political satire comedy-drama film written , directed , produced , scored by and starring Charlie Chaplin , following the tradition of many of his other films . The Kid is a 1921 American silent comedy-drama film written by , produced by , directed by , and starring Charlie Chaplin , and features Jackie Coogan as his adopted son and sidekick .