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Charlie and Jackie during the filming of THE KID
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Charlie & other guests at the dining table at Hearst Ranch, 1933
Carmel Snow, editor of Harper's Bazaar, is in the center.
Photo by Martin Munkasci.
Photo by Martin Munkasci.
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LIMELIGHT on TCM (U.S.) at midnight tonight!
That's midnight Eastern Time. A little too late for me, but pretty early for fans on the West Coast. The films in tonight's lineup, including Limelight, are "Bob's Picks" (Robert Osborne).
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"Charlie Chaplin Lighting Up"
From Film Flashes, 1916. Photo by Albert Witzel, c. 1914.
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New York City, August 1925
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Out & about in London, Feb./Mar. 1931
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| Signing autographs at the Carlton Hotel. |
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| Leaving a general store. Ralph Barton can be seen behind him. |
I am still "following" Charlie on his 1931/32 world tour. His next stop is Berlin on March 9th. He will return to London again in September. That visit will include his famous meeting with Gandhi.
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Rare candid photo from the set of Shanghaied, 1915
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Charlie & Oona with baby Jane, 1957
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Officially licensed Chaplin t-shirts from Pull & Bear
There are three styles: kids, women's t-shirt, women's tank top.
The company does not ship to the U.S. unfortunately.
The company does not ship to the U.S. unfortunately.
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Charlie arrives in the Netherlands en route to Berlin, March 8th, 1931
On the evening of March 8th, Charlie left England aboard the SS Prague and arrived on the continent in the Hook Of Holland (where he is pictured above). Here he boarded a train to Berlin.
In A Comedian Sees The World, Charlie fondly remembers his journey through the Dutch countryside:
Tomorrow: Charlie's overwhelming reception in Berlin.
In A Comedian Sees The World, Charlie fondly remembers his journey through the Dutch countryside:
Holland has a distinct character different from any other country, with its canals and windmills and stubby trees all uniformly pruned with their branches turned upward. At various stations there are for sale wooden Dutch shoes filled with chocolates and prettily tied with blue ribbons. These I purchase to send to friends.The Dutch countryside is neat and tidy. Nothing looks out of place. And what a tremendous number of cyclists along the road! Bicycles are everywhere.
Tomorrow: Charlie's overwhelming reception in Berlin.
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Mischievous grin, c. 1923
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Berlin, March 9th, 1931
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| Illustration from "A Comedian Sees The World." |
Later at the Hotel Adlon, where Charlie had a suite, a large crowd gathered outside chanting "komm hormus! (come out)" until he finally appeared at the balcony. He was later photographed with Marlene Dietrich, who was there to greet Charlie on behalf of the German film industry.
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| Charlie arrives at the Hotel Adlon. He is carrying a bouquet of violets which were given to him by a group of children. |
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| Charlie is mobbed by reporters in his hotel suite. When asked what he intended to do during his visit, he said that he would like to visit the local theaters and a prison: "I think I can judge a people very much by the sort of prisons it has." |
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| With Marlene Dietrich. (I apologize for the watermark, but this is a slightly different pose than you normally see from this meeting) |
Later that evening, Charlie saw a performance at Carow's Lachbüehne, a vaudeville house, by German slapstick comedian, Erich Carow:
That evening we visited a rathskeller, a place of amusement, where we saw Garro [sic], a popular favorite of Berlin. He is a comedian of the slapstick type--very unctuous and full of rough and tumble, and an artist.
During the performance he heard that I was in front and so made an announcement. I was brought onto the stage. He said something in German. Suddenly he turned and embraced me, and before I knew it I was kissed. Then he waxed eloquent. I heard "circus" and "gold rush" mentioned.
Then he mimicked some gesture of mine and the audience went into gales of laughter. Then again he became dramatic, punctuating his remarks with effective pauses and with modulated voice. Tears, came to his eyes. Then with a dramatic gesture he pointed to me. The house went into rounds of applause.
Then with rapid transition he spoke an aside and again embraced me with a kiss which brought another roar of laughter. We then left the stage amidst tremendous applause. I haven't the faintest idea what he said. I only know that he played upon the emotions of the audience at will. ("A Comedian Sees The World, Vol. 2," A Woman's Home Companion, October 1933)Two photos of Charlie at Carow's Lachbüehne:
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| At far left is Czech writer Egon Erwin Kisch, whom Charlie met in Hollywood in 1929. Chaplin's press agent, Carlyle Robinson is seated second from right. |
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TANGO TANGLES (1914)
Released 99 years ago today, this Keystone short is unique because Chaplin appears for the entire film without his comedy makeup and costume.
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World Tour (1931-32) Revisited: Charlie attends an opera at the Metropol Theater, Berlin, March 10th, 1931
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| Charlie poses with opera singers Gitta Alpar and Anny Ahlers. British ambassador Sir Horace Rumbold, Charlie's host for the evening, is on the right. |
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| With Gitta Alpar. |
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With journalist & photographer Margaret Chute
Ms. Chute worked for the British magazines Picture Show& Everybody's Weekly. She took the following stills from the set of The Circus.
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Charlie & Doug, c. 1919
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Charlie, Pet (his parrot), & Austrian journalist, Arnold Höllreigel, 1928
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German cigarette cards
The photos on all three of the cards below were taken by German photographer Baron Wolff Von Gudenberg while Charlie was in Berlin in March 1931.
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With French comedian, Max Linder, whom Charlie called his "mentor."
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With John Freuler, President of the Mutual Film Corporation, 1917
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