Timeline Sunday 20 October 1918

Events on Sunday 20 October 1918 1

• 1918 Chaplin releases Shoulder Arms Charlie Chaplin's wartime comedy becomes a box-office hit Charlie Chaplin released Shoulder Arms, a silent comedy following his Tramp character as an awkward army recruit in the trenches of World War I. The film was a major commercial success and helped cement Chaplin's standing as the era's leading screen comedian. It remains notable for finding humour in the ongoing war without trivializing its horrors.