๐ฅInspirational story๐ฅ
Charles Chaplin was born in London in 1889. His father was a vocalist and actor & his mother, known as Lily Harley, was an actress and singer ๐ฌ๐
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Early death of his father and the illness of his mother made it necessary for Charlie and his brother, Sydney, to fend for themselves when he was just 9 years old.
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Having inherited talents from their parents they both took acting as best opportunity for a career ๐ญ. Charlie made his professional debut as a member of a group called โThe Eight Lancashire Ladsโ and rapidly won popular favour as an outstanding tap dancer ๐บ.
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When he was 12 he got his first chance to act in a stage show and appeared as โBillyโ the page boy in different productions of โSherlock Holmesโ. At the close of this engagement, Charlie started a career as a comedian which eventually took him to the US in 1910 as a featured player with the Fred Karno Repertoire Company.
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He scored an immediate hit with American audiences, particularly with his characterization in a sketch entitled โA Night in an English Music Hallโ. In 1912 Chaplin was offered a motion picture contract ๐ฐ
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In 1916 Charlie was even more in demand and signed with the Mutual Film Corporation for a much larger sum to make 12 two-reel comedies.
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When his contract expired in 1917 Chaplin decided to become an independent producer in a desire for more freedom and greater leisure in making his movies. To that end, he busied himself with the construction of his own studios.
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His first own film was โA Dogโs Lifeโ. His next commercial venture was the production of a comedy dealing with the war. โShoulder Armsโ, released in 1918 and gave Chaplin huge popularity.
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Overall he made dozens movies ๐ฌ, pubished at least 4 books ๐. He played a variety of instruments and was also a composer, having written and published many songs as well as the soundtracks for all his films ๐ถ
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Charles Chaplin was one of the rare comedians who not only financed and produced all his films but was the author, actor, director and soundtrack composer of them as well ๐ณ๐ฎ
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๐ฅInspirational story๐ฅ
After many years of serving his secret fried chicken recipe ๐in his local restaurant, Colonel Harland Sanders found himself in need of a new career. ๐ธ๏ธ
Growing up in Indiana, household responsibilities were often left to him while his mother worked to support the family after his father's early death. This is how he developed his keen cooking skills as he helped his mother take care of the other children in his family.
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Several different jobs later, Sanders began his entrepreneurial career running a service station in Kentucky while serving his special chicken ๐ in a dining area within. As business grew, he relocated to a restaurant close by in order to make his original recipe with its blend of eleven herbs and spices accessible to even more customers. He also added a motel to the business.
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In 1935, at forty-five years old, Sanders was dubbed a Kentucky Colonel by the Governor, in recognition of his fabulous cooking skills. Subsequently, in 1940 Sanders created his well-known "Original Recipe."
Sanders originally prepared his chicken in an iron skillet but soon realized that was not efficient in a restaurant setting. In order to decrease the wait time for his customers, Sanders modified his cooking procedure by making use of a pressure fryer.
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The Sanders Court & Cafรฉ catered mainly to travelers on their way to Florida through the town of Corbin, Kentucky.However he believed there was an opportunity to market his chicken to restaurant owners across the U.S.
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In his travels, he was rejected on many occasions, laughed at but Sanders persevered, and after a little over 1,000 visits, he finally persuaded Pete Harman in South Salt Lake, Utah to partner with him. They launched the first "Kentucky Fried Chicken" site in 1952.๐
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In the early 1960's there were over 600 franchised locations in the U.S. and Canada selling the delectable chicken. Subsequently, in 1964 Sanders sold the franchising operation for $2 million.
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