One of HBO's earliest experiences in documentary, "Charlie Chaplin: The Little Tramp" is a gathering of Chaplin films where he plays his most famous character Carlitos. Hosted by Joel Grey ("Cabaret") dressed as Carlitos, we have the pleasure to see a short biography of Chaplin, remarks on how he created one of the most adored character of all time and clips of his films such as "Kid Auto races in Venice" (the Little Tramp first appearance on screen. Comes as curiosity the fact Mack Sennett saying to Chaplin to pick a costume for the character and the rest is history, what a sweet improvisation), "The Immigrant" and many others.
Despite the quality informations the documentary is way too short, too much focused in presenting the clips (poor quality) without saying much about the man's geniality in performing extraordinary moments. The director should include more points of view from different people instead of just making a text and letting Grey narrated it. Most of the time is just scene after scene, a little explanation on it and that's it, somewhat boring to watch.
Good material, pretty decent but far from what one can expects to be see on the great comedian Charles Chaplin was.