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Happy Birthday, Sir Charles!

Charlie strikes a Napoleonic pose with his birthday cake on the set of A Countess From Hong Kong, April 16, 1966Dont forget, TCM is showing Charlie's films all day today (until 8:00pm), including The...

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Letter from Charlie to a “Mr. Müller” on his 75th birthday

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From Moving Picture World, May 3rd, 1919

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With Jinx Falkenburg at the Los Angeles Tennis Club, 1941

Jinx was a close friend of Paulette Goddard's and often attended parties and played tennis at the Chaplin home. Charlie briefly dated her after his breakup with Paulette.

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Photos by Nickolas Muray, New York City, 1927

Source: George Eastman House

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World Tour Revisited: Charlie & May Reeves (left) in Algeria, April 1931

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Rollie Totheroh marks a scene for The Adventurer, 1917.(From Unknown Chaplin)

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TWENTY MINUTES OF LOVE, released April 20th, 1914

Charlie mocks the couple making out on the bench by hugging & kissing a tree.Charlie steals the watch from the pickpocket (Chester Conklin) who had just stolen it from someone else. There is some...

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Cover of LIFE magazine, April 21st, 1972

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Playing golf, 1923

Notice that Charlie is playing left-handed.

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"In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone.”— Charles Chaplin, The Great Dictator, 1940

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With ballerina Anna Pavlova at the Chaplin Studios, c. 1922

“The sublime is rare in any vocation or art. And Pavlova was one of those rare artists who had it. She never failed to affect me profoundly....As she danced, every move was the center of gravity. The...

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RIP Paulette Goddard (June 3, 1910 - April 23, 1990)

This photo of Paulette was taken during her trip to Asia with Charlie in 1936.

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Charlie & Paulette in MODERN TIMES (1936)

According to Paulette, she learned everything about acting from Chaplin. He would tell her, “Baby, don’t be afraid to make a mistake. Because when you make a mistake, they love you." She always said...

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On the set of City Lights, c. 1929

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Charlie with actress Mary Thurman

Before and after...Click here to see more photos of Ms. Thurman's transformation.I know there are people out there who say this is not Mary Thurman, but the Chaplin estate believes it is her. 

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With Lita, November 1926

This was the day Charlie put Lita & her mother "on a slow boat to China Hawaii" (thanks to my friend, Rita, for that last part)

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World Tour Revisited: Charlie arrives in Marseilles from Algiers, April 26th,...

(Forgive me for not posting this on the exact day, I didn't have a chance to type this up yesterday)Charlie was suffering from an attack of lumbago when he arrived in Marseilles. His immediate plan,...

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World Tour Revisited: Sister Aimee

During Charlie's brief stay in Marseilles in April 1931, he was visited at his hotel by Los Angeles-based evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, who had always wanted to meet him. They went to dinner where...

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Update

My cross-country trip has been postponed until later this month. I am having some problems with one of my eyes and am not seeing very well out of it right now. I am hoping it will be better in a few...

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