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W.R. Hearst, Marion Davies, and Chaplin at the Motion Picture Electrical...
The woman on Chaplin's left is Blanche Hearst, the former wife of Hearst's son, George.The parade, held at the Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles, and arranged by Jack Warner, was a charity event for the...
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Chaplin & the Battle of Petroushka
"Long years of practice at dodging custard pies and various other missiles stood Charlie Chaplin in good stead Sunday night at the Petroushka Cafe, in Hollywood, when two men attempted to 'beat up' the...
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Happy Birthday, Charlie!
On his 70th birthday, Chaplin had a message that I think is still timely today:Manchester Guardian, April 16, 1959
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Yes, I Can See Now
I've always wondered when Charlie started wearing glasses. I figured it was at least the early 1920s since Lita Grey recalled Chaplin wearing glasses the first time she was alone with him in Truckee...
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With Paulette at Pickfair, July 1936
The couple were attending a reception honoring Johannes Poulsen, head of the Royal Theater Of Denmark.
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Chaplin's Choice
Ever wonder what Chaplin thought of other actors or directors? Which films did he enjoy? Here is a non-comprehensive list of people and films he admired, with comments by Chaplin where I could find...
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"A genius if ever there was one."
With Baroness Ravensdale at the Chaplin Studios, Oct. 1926One of my favorite things to read, and what I spend a great deal of time searching for, are impressions of Chaplin by people who met him or...
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Chaplin & steel magnate Charles Schwab, c.1919
This photo was new to me. It is currently up for sale on eBay if you have an extra $600 burning a hole in your pocket.The back of the photo says: "The King Of The Screen & The King of Steel."Here's...
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Chaplin -- "a singer of the first order"
British journalist Kathlyn Hayden describes watching Chaplin burst into song during a break on the set of City Lights:❝In the flesh there is little of the pathos about Charlie. He is essentially the...
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Charlie, with real mustache, on the cover of ILLUSTRATED magazine, 70 years...
I want to apologize for not updating the blog as often as I used to. Sadly blogging has had to take a backseat to real life these days. Trust me, if I could devote every single day to researching...
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Red Letter Days
One of the reasons I haven't posted anything new recently is because I have been staying up until the wee hours the last few nights reading Dan Kamin's terrific new book. It's called Charlie Chaplin's...
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How many can you name?
This contest appeared in the De Kalb (Illinois) Chronicle on Feb. 7th, 1916. The first twenty-five readers who could identify all (or almost all) of the faces (besides Charlie's) received two free...
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Chaplin in New York Federal Court, May 1927
Chaplin is seen here on the witness stand during the Leo Loeb plagiarism trial in May 1927.Note how he is sitting with one foot tucked under him. Contemporary accounts describe him sitting this way...
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Chaplin at the volcano
Last month, David Totheroh, grandson of Chaplin's longtime cameraman Rollie Totheroh, visited the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii in hopes of locating the spot where Charlie and his companions took in the...
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Chaplin & his friend, artist Ralph Barton, photographed by Nickolas Muray,...
In a strange series of coincidences, Barton was married from 1923-1926 to Carlotta Monterey, who in 1929 married Eugene O'Neill, who in 1943 became Chaplin's father-in-law.Nickolas Muray was a close...
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Marilyn Monroe, Lita Grey Chaplin, and Charlie Chaplin, Jr at the Henrietta...
That evening Marilyn was presented with the Best Young Box Office Personality Award.Charlie, Jr dated Marilyn in the late 1940s when she was still Norma Jean Dougherty.
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THE IMMIGRANT, released 100 years ago today
The release date for The Immigrant is often given as June 17th, 1917 but trade publications & newspapers from the era say the 18th. Michael Hayde's recent book on the Mutuals, Chaplin's Vintage...
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Mystery photo
This photo shows Chaplin and Jinx Falkenburg (right) talking to a mystery couple. Any idea who the man and woman on the left might be? The date is probably circa 1941. I'm not completely convinced that...
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With Sid Grauman
I've never seen this one before. Given how young both of them look, it may have been taken around the time of the opening of Grauman's Million Dollar Theater in 1918.The caption on the back...
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Working With Charlie Chaplin: Vol. 8: Paulette Goddard
Chaplin's "Gamine" recalls what she learned at "the greatest school of acting anyone could ever have":"He told me you can't be clever. If you just be your own self, it comes through more than anything....
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Autographed photo from Chaplin to Major General Ian Hay Beith, February 1918
From the collection of Cecil Jones. Used with permission.The inscription reads: "To Capt I. H. Beith, In Sincere Admiration, Charlie Chaplin, Feb. 24th, 1918"Another photo exists of Chaplin & Beith...
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Chaplin & Edna Purviance at the premiere of D.W. Griffith's "Hearts Of The...
Many thanks to Dominique for sharing with me this rare photo of Charlie and Edna together in public.Los Angeles Evening Herald, March 13, 1918In a 1925 interview with Harry Carr, Chaplin listed Hearts...
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