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With Paulette at the Brown Derby, October 1938
Charlie and Paulette seem very happy and relaxed here, but according to this snippet from a November 1936 issue of Movie Classic, that was not always the case:
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Chaplin & company on location with Shoulder Arms, 1918
Albert Austin is at far left. Henry Bergman is talking to Syd Chaplin (with mustache). Studio manager Alf Reeves is in the center (wearing a straw hat), Charlie is seated in front. Cameraman Rollie...
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Boxing with Kid McCoy, March 1924
McCoy, center, referees a match between Charlie & Mack Swain, who is dressed in his costume for The Gold Rush.Autographed photo. Charlie's inscription reads: "To One X Champ From Another X Champ....
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"A day without laughter is a day wasted"*"I love walking in the rain so no one can see me crying.""The mirror is my best friend, because when I cry it never laughs"Â "As I began to love myself..."...
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Criterion edition of CITY LIGHTS to be released Nov. 12th, 2013
http://www.criterion.com/films/27558-city-lightsI'm not wild about this cover art.
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World Tour Revisited: Charlie's loop-the-loop
Boston Globe, September 1st, 1931. Henri Cochet was a French tennis champion.May Reeves describes what became a near-death experience for Charlie:We went to an airshow with several friends. Detroyat...
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Chaplin: The Man & The Comedian, Picture Show Annual, 1927
The main photo was taken in 1923 by George Maillard Kesslere.
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Two Chaplin films on TCM this month plus loads of other silent films, "The...
http://www.tcm.com/schedule/monthly.htmlThe Kid and City Lights will be shown back to back next Monday night beginning at 12:45AM (sorry East Coasters).Hitchcock's The Lodger (1926), which is on TCM...
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Hollywood party hosted by Chaplin at Hamanoya restaurant in Little Tokyo, 1929
I believe the lady in the front row wearing the sleeveless, light-colored dress & holding an instrument is Georgia Hale. In her book, Charlie Chaplin: Intimate Close-ups, she recalled being invited...
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"Studio closed. Labor Day"
Source: Limelight: Chaplin Project N. 1This report shows that the Chaplin Studio was closed on Labor Day in 1952. It also records Charlie's final days in Hollywood--Sept. 5th being the last day he ever...
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Chaplin aboard the Olympic bound for England, September 3rd, 1921 (note the...
This was Charlie's first trip back to his native country since he left for a second tour of North America with the Fred Karno Company in October 1912. Unlike his marathon, 18-month-long world tour in...
View Article"Charlie On The Ocean"--newsreel footage from 1921
Mary & Douglas can be seen with Charlie around the :30 mark. Chaplin's traveling companion, playwright Edward Knoblock (or "Eddie" as Charlie called him), is the man standing with him on the deck...
View ArticleD.W. Griffith's INTOLERANCE (1916) on TCM (USA) tonight @ 8PM EST
During an interview with Harry Carr in 1925, Chaplin was asked what he considered the best pictures ever made. His response included four films, three of which were directed by Griffith: Birth Of A...
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Portrait by Baron de Meyer, 1920
Vanity Fair magazine celebrates its 100th anniversary this month. The above photo was among several of Chaplin that appeared in the magazine (this particular shot in March 1925).
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THE COUNT, released September 4th, 1916
Chaplin struggled with this film from the beginning. He built a set, as he often did, "with not an idea in my head."1 His first cry for help went out to his brother, who was in New York at the time....
View ArticleAnother vomit-inducing quote that's being falsely attributed to Charlie
Yet another non-Chaplin quote is floating around on the "internets." Where do people com up with this stuff? And this latest one is a real doozy, too. Get this:"Your naked body should only belong to...
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