After Charlie was sent to live with his mother once again, another problem arose quite quickly. The problem was that Charlie’s mother had literally lost her mind and Charlie was unable to take care of her. Since he was so young and unable to care for his mother by himself he decided to have her committed to an institution where she could receive care and treatment. Though this was the only thing that Chaplin could do at the time he still felt very bad about it. After some time of working in odd jobs, Charlie’s brother Sydney was able to get him an audition of sorts. Charlie needed the job so badly that he literally did whatever it took to get hired as an actor in the theater. After being hired Charlie became known for playing an old drunkard who would disrupt the act, and the crowd loved the act. Though Charlie was fairly well known in the theater scene he still did not receive much respect at all because stage actors at that time were viewed very poorly. Charlie traveled to America with the stage act and performed all over the country. In Montana Chaplin saw his first film and was immediately drawn to the medium.
