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World Tour Revisited: Pelote match in Saint-Jean-De-Luz, September 1931
Charlie and May (third from left) at the pelote match. Charlie holding one of the basket-shaped rackets used in the game.Charlie & May's afternoon at the pelote match began on a sour note. May had...
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If you live in the Netherlands, there will be a screening of The Circus with...
http://www.philharmoniezuidnederland.nl/concerts/circus-met-chaplin/Timothy Brock will be conducting.Why can't these screenings ever take place even remotely close to where I live?
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In the director's chair on the set of Modern Times
Cameraman Rollie Totheroh is in the background (in a sweater), as well as continuity secretary Della Steele. Charlie appears to be in street clothes except for his shoes.
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From the documentary Unknown Chaplin (1983), narrated by James Mason.
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The "bench" photos
For some reason, this bench was often used as the background for photos at the Chaplin Studios.with Kono, 1927Also 1927--same day as above.With Chuck Riesner (left) and Konrad Bercovici.With Harry...
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The Rounders, released September 7th, 1914
According to Minta Durfee, Roscoe 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...
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Merna Kennedy (September 7, 1908 - December 20, 1944)
I'm sorry this is a day late.Merna on the set of The Circus.Merna was the childhood friend of Chaplin’s second wife Lita Grey. It was Lita who suggested her for the role of the equestrienne in The...
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World Tour Revisited: Tennis in Biarritz
Wherever Charlie traveled on his world tour (or any of his vacations for the rest of his life), he would always find a way to play tennis, a game he loved. Georgia Hale, Chaplin's leading lady in The...
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Lots of silents tonight on TCM
Chaplin's masterpieces The Kid& City Lights will be shown back to back beginning at 12:45AM (EST). Also on the schedule are films by Buster Keaton (inc. The General) and Harold Lloyd.Click here for...
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Random Excerpt
Actress Virginia Bradford recalls an evening she spent with Charlie:(Note: the dashes & ellipses are hers)I saw him one night at his home in a mad mood, stripping off his clothes and ruffling his...
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Charlie in New York City, September 1923
Remembering the victims of 9/11/01 today.“Only the unloved hate; the unloved and the unnatural.”—The Barber (Charlie Chaplin), The Great Dictator, 1940
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Chaplin guest conducts the John Philip Sousa Band, February 1916
Charlie conducted the band in the Overture to The Poet and Peasant and in his own composition “The Peace Patrol” at the Hippodrome in New York. Sousa described the event in his autobiography Marching...
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A King In New York, released September 12th, 1957*
Chaplin plays King Shahdov, a deposed monarch who seeks refuge in America.Shahdov pantomimes an order for caviar in the loud nightclub. On the left is Oliver Johnston who is excellent as the...
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Chaplin & others pose in a Coney Island photo booth, 1925
L-R: CC, Frank Crowninshield, Helen Sardeau, Lois Long, & Harry d’Arrast.
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