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While performing in New York in 1913, Charlie Chaplin caught the attention of film producer Mack Sennett, who saw him on stage and offered him a contract with Keystone Studios in Hollywood. Chaplin accepted, earning $150 a week—more than twice his stage salary—and arrived in Los Angeles later that year, ready to begin his film career. By 1919, Charlie Chaplin was already one of the biggest stars in the world. But there was one thing he hated. The Hollywood studios controlled everything. They de