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Andy Anderson, Charlie, & Paulette, 1933
Andy Anderson, a former Keystone Kop, was the skipper of Charlie's yacht, Panacea.Photo by Alistair Cooke.
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Charlie poses next to a clay sculpture (in and out of costume), Lone Star...
Sources: Charlie Chaplin: A Photo Diary/Comte (top) & Chaplin: Genius Of Cinema/Vance(bottom)
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Random Excerpt
From “The Real Life-Story of Charlie Chaplin” by Jim Tully, Pictorial Review, March 1927. Tully was Chaplin’s publicist during the mid-1920s:At the Ambassador we took a table near the dancing space in...
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World Tour Revisited: Biarritz
Sometime at the end of July 1931, Charlie's friend and assistant director, Harry d'Arrast, arrived in Juan-les-Pins. He suggested that Charlie must see Biarritz, "the fashionable seaside resort...
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With his sons Charlie, Jr. (left) and Sydney, 1940
The original caption (in Dutch) said Charlie & the boys were on his motorboat. I assume this is on the Panacea but I'm not sure. I'm also not sure what Charlie is doing with his hands here.
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Charlie (right) and Douglas Fairbanks run hurdles with Olympic gold medalist,...
Paddock was once called "the world's fastest human."Charlie himself was a marathon runner as a young man & even considered competing in the 1908 Olympics:You see, I have quite a good lung...
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Set visit during the filming of THE GOLD RUSH
Studio manager, Alf Reeves, is at far left in the bottom photo. The visitors were the "British delegates to the Milwaukee convention."
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Charlie speaks at the Variety Club of Great Britain, 1952
You probably haven't noticed, but every Friday for the last couple of months, I've been posting Chaplin-related video clips. I'm going to try to make this a regular feature of the blog. Please try to...
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Charlie with violinist Yehudi Menuhin on the set of City Lights
In 1947, Menuhin filmed a performance at the Chaplin Studios called Concert Magic. It is supposedly one of the first-ever concert films. Click here to see a clip. The set of the film looks very similar...
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With Marion Davies, c. 1924
This photo may have been taken at the premiere of Marion's film, Janice Meredith.
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Charlie & Russian impresario Nikita Balieff in Hollywood, 1928
Charlie had attended a performance by Balieff's vaudeville company, "La Chauve Souris".
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