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Which film studio first hired Charlie Chaplin to make comedy films?
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Charlie Chaplin
The iconic British comedian Charlie Chaplin as the Little Tramp.
The film studio that first hired Charlie Chaplin to make comedy films was Mack Sennett’s Keystone Studios. Chaplin signed with the company in 1913 while touring America with the Fred Karno pantomime troupe. His debut film for the studio, Making a Living, was released in 1914.1