With boxer Ted Lewis, 1918
These photos were taken in front of the 10-room house that sat on the north-end of the Chaplin studio lot. When Chaplin purchased the property in 1917, this house was included and he had originally...
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While I was slithering around Sunset Boulevard, Charlie was a more and more frequent guest at our house. He had just recently been starred for the first time at Essanay, and was now making a fortune...
View ArticleWith his friend & political mentor, writer Rob Wagner
Wagner was the editor of Script Magazine, a New Yorker-style publication out of Los Angeles, which Charlie contributed to on a number of occasions. He served as ghostwriter for Chaplin as well as...
View ArticleWorld Tour Revisited: Charlie meets Napoleon biographer Emil Ludwig, late May...
Chaplin, May Reeves, & Emil LudwigDuring the early part of his holiday in the French Riviera, Charlie received a telegram from German writer Emil Ludwig. He would be in the south of France for only...
View ArticleNew York City, September 1921
With Douglas & Mary, who were in town for the premiere of Doug's film, The Three Musketeers. ...And by himself. Charlie was in the city en route to England.
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Fellow fans,This will be my last post for at least 3 weeks. We are finally leaving for our trip to Seattle. I hope to see you right back here sometime around the middle of June.Love,JessCharlie arrives...
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Hello everyone!I'm back and the blog will return to normal (hopefully) tomorrow. We had a fantastic trip, which ended way too soon. I'm anxious to return to life as I knew it before I left, although it...
View ArticleCharlie & Paulette at Catalina Island, c. 1934
I missed her birthday last week (June 3rd), so Happy Belated Birthday, Paulette.
View ArticleWorld Tour Revisited: Charlie & May Reeves visit H.G Wells in the south of...
From A Comedian Sees The World:H.G. Wells was staying near Grasse and invited me* to spend a few days with him. He was just completing his book, "The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind"- a colossal...
View ArticleWith the original "gold digger" Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Catalina Island, 1922
Source: Chaplin: Genius Of The Cinema (Vance)Chaplin’s 1923 film A Woman Of Paris was inspired by Peggy’s recollections of her Parisian love affairs, which she passed on to him during their "bizarre,...
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