During the course of 1915 charlie chaplin become a cultural phenomenon shops were stocked with chaplins merchandise,he was featured in cartoons and comic strips, and several songs were written about the star.As his essanay contact came to an end , and fully aware of his popularity, chaplin requested a $150,000 signing bonus from his next studio.He received several offers including Universal,fox,the best of which came from mutual film corporation at $10,000 a week
