On February 5, 1919, Hollywood’s most famous names, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith, signed a document establishing the United Artists Corporation as a radical ...

Feb. 05 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1631, British clergyman Roger Williams, who founded the colony of Rhode Island, arrived in Salem, Mass., seeking religious freedom. In 1918, a German U-boat ...

United Artists was formed in 1919 by David Wark Griffith, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford because they were tired of making money for other producers. One by one, United Artists’ ...

On this day in history, April 16, 1889, future Hollywood legend Charlie Chaplin — full name Charles Spencer Chaplin — is born in London, England. Chaplin would go on to become one of the most ...