'Smile' was the theme music for Chaplin last silent picture 'Modern Times' in 1936. It became officially 'Smile' when John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons added lyrics to Chaplin's composition in 1954. Nat 'King' Cole recorded the song and it became a hit! Cole's recording reached the #10 position on the Billboard Charts in 1954. Over the years, it became a standard which many artist have recorded including Tony Bennett, Barbara Streisand, Michael Jackson Rob Stewart and Robert Downey Jr. on his 'The Futurist' CD. Downey played Charlie in the movie 'Chaplin'. There are people who may heard this song but still not know the melody was originally Charlie Chaplin's. You will know it quickly if you watch 'Modern Time'. Other Chaplin music includes Academy Award winning score from Limelight and 'This Is My Song' from 'A Countess of Hong Kong'. | ![]() |
| 'Smile' Charlie Chaplin's Theme Music for 'Modern Times' Lyrics by John Turner and Geoffrey Parsons - 1954 |
![]() | Smile tho' your heart is aching, Smile even tho' it's breaking, When there are clouds in the sky You'll get by, If you smile thro' your fear and sorrow, Smile and maybe tomorrow, You'll see the sun come shin-ing thro' for you Light up your face with gladness, Hide ev-'ry trace of sadness, Al -'tho a tear may be ever so near, That's the time, You must keep on trying, Smile, what's the use of crying, You'll find that life is still worth-while, If you just smile, |
Shia LaBeouf must be feeling used -- because Thursday at LAX, Megan Fox took advantage of him ... and not in a fun way.
The two arrived back from Europe on the same flight and while all the paps were scrambling for Shia, they missed the shot of their tattooed queen -- who snuck out amidst LaBeouf's photog insanity.
On the plus side Shia, there are worse people to be used by than Megan Fox.
Michael Jackson's former nanny Grace Rwaramba fulfilled most of her high school fantasies when she became a part of MJ's life -- as her old high school yearbook spells out multiple times.
Michael Jackson is mentioned four separate times in her 1985 senior yearbook from The Academy of the Holy Family in Connecticut. In one section, classmates predicting Rwaramba would marry the singer and have her "own generation of Jackson 5."
She came pretty close.