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Syd Chaplin Airfield, c. 1919
L-R: Douglas Fairbanks, Marjorie Daw, Mary Pickford, Mildred Harris (Charlie's first wife), & CharlieThis may have been taken at the time Charlie took his first airplane ride. It was a harrowing...
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Charlie boxes Eric Campbell during a benefit to raise money for the war...
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"Charlot At A Bullfight"
Illustration from Charlie's memoir "A Comedian Sees The World," A Woman's Home Companion, December 1933During his world tour in 1931, Charlie attended a bullfight in San Sebastian, Spain. He had always...
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Roscoe Arbuckle & Charlie in the final scene of The Rounders (1914)
According to Minta Durfee, Arbuckle's first wife (& also his wife in the film), the boat filling with water was Arbuckle's idea and was intended to be a practical joke on Charlie because of his...
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Charlie & Marion Davies at San Simeon, 1933
Photos by Martin Munkacsi.Today also happens to be Marion's birthday. Happy Birthday, Marion!
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Charlie & Pola Negri at a press conference announcing their engagement,...
Today is also Pola's birthday. She and Marion Davies were not only born on the same day, but also the same year (1897).
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Photos by Alfred Eisenstadt, St. Moritz, Switzerland, c. 1931-32
Charlie with his brother, Sydney. I believe the woman is May Reeves.
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THE PILGRIM on TCM next Sunday
Charlie's 1923 film The Pilgrim will be shown on TCM (USA) at 1:00 AM EST on January 13th. Coincidentally, this is also the day Edna Purviance passed away in 1958, so watching this film (her last as...
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The Circus, released January 6th, 1928
Originally titled The Clown, this film is often unfairly overlooked, but I consider it to be one of Chaplin's best. Charlie had toyed with the idea of a film with a circus theme since at least 1920....
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"Swing Little Girl" sung by Charlie Chaplin
In 1968, Charlie created a new score for The Circus. He also wrote lyrics to a theme song called "Swing Little Girl" which was to be played over the opening credits while Merna Kennedy swings on a...
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