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Cameraman Rollie Totheroh is on the right. Tom Wilson, who plays Charlie's boss, is on the left.
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Chaplin in court February 26th, 1944 |
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Cinemagazine, Dec. 1921 |
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L-R: Marjorie Daw, Mary Pickford, Mildred Harris, CC, Douglas Fairbanks |
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Between Showers was inspired by a series of torrential rainstorms that soaked Los Angeles, explaining the huge puddles in the street. |
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Many of Charlie's familiar characteristics are already on display in this film: cocking a snook, rounding corners on one leg, etc. |
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Charlie gives Ford Sterling a poke with an umbrella. (The Tramp's familiar cane doesn't make an appearance in this film, but the umbrella proves to be a useful substitute.) |
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Charlie tips his hat to the buxom Emma Clifton. |
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A Typical Keystone Charlie reaction. |
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L-R: Constance Collier, Paulette, her mother Alta, CC |
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L-R: Bill Tilden, CC, a very tan Douglas Fairbanks, and Manuel Alonso |
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Sir Charles, wearing the insignia of the K.B.E., surrounded by his family in his suite at the Savoy Hotel following the ceremony. L-R: son-in-law Nicholas Sistovaris (Josephine's husband), Annette, Josephine, CC, Oona, Christopher, Geraldine, and Jane. |
The 85-year-old maestro of films had been anxious to kneel before Queen Elizabeth II for his investiture and to follow her command afterward to "arise, Sir Charles Chaplin." He was not physically able to do either. He sat in a wheelchair in the ballroom of Buckingham Palace and merely bowed his head in acknowledgement of the taps of her ceremonial sword.
It was the queen who made the comedian smile. She complimented him and squeezed his hand, but Sir Charles, as he told reporters later, was "too dumbfoundcd to talk" to her. He said she had thanked him for his work and told him that she had seen many of his films.
After the tension of the ceremony, at which 172 people received royal honors, Sir Charles was able to stand up again and even to wave his cane in triumph at the gathered crowds outside. He also gave Lady Chaplin, the former Oona O'Neill, hearty kisses on both cheeks.
Then he was asked what he had planned for the rest of the memorable day. “Getting drunk,” said Sir Charles.
The hardships he had encountered as a London slum child, and the hatreds he had inspired as a Hollywood star for his sex life and his politics, seemed to have been formally stilled by the tap of the sword.
But Sir Charles bristled when it was suggested that his knighthood was the culmination of his long career. “l’ve got one more film to do," he declared. "lt will be entitled 'The Freak,' he said.
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L-R: Bessie Love, Linder, Ruth Wightman, Patsy Ruth Miller. Back: Georges Jomier, Barbara Bedford, John Gilbert, Leatrice Joy, CC, Gouverneur Morris, Gaston Glass. |
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Syd (seated at left), May, and Charlie at the Exselsior Hotel in Rome, March 5th, 1932 |
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Charlie, May, and Syd in Naples, March 6th, 1932. Boris Evelinoff, European representative for United Artists, is standing (I think) behind Charlie to his right. May was left in the care of Evelinoff after his departure. He eventually lost his position at UA because of his continual appeals to Chaplin on May's behalf. |
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May (far right) accompanies Charlie as he boards the ship. |
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Charlie and Syd pose for photos aboard the Suwa Maru. May Reeves & Kono are standing behind them. |
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Chaplin poses with crew members, March 6th, 1932 |
Everything passed before me in a flash. Charlie took me in his arms: "Goodbye, dear, till we meet again." They led me to the dock. I can still see myself, lost in the middle of the crowd, watching the ship pull slowly away. Near the dock, in a small boat resting on the oily water, an accordionist played one of those Neapolitan songs that wring the heart.
All the passengers waved their handkerchiefs. Charlie leaned out from a spot on the bridge where there was no railing, which seemed so dangerous to me that I uttered a loud cry. I was afraid he would fall into the sea. Finally he stood alone at his post, his white hair waving in the wind. As long as he could see me, he held up two fingers to signify two months of separation, and then he pointed to the third to signify the clinching of an imaginary alliance.
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May waving to Charlie from the dock. |
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Charlie waving back. |
Four weeks later, after atrocious suffering, Charlie's wish was granted. He wouldn't have a third child...For several weeks I struggled with death. I telegraphed the news to Charlie on several occasions and wrote long letters of explanation, but I never received a response. Only when I was convalescing did I receive a telegram: "Hope you are better--cheer up--Love Charlie." And as a last sign of life, Charlie's representative in Paris [Boris Evelinoff] received a cable asking him to send the doctor's bill.
Thus ended my romance with Charles Spencer Chaplin_________________________________________________________________________________