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Chaplin with Chinese opera star Mei Lanfang, Shanghai, 1936
Chaplin first met Mei, who was noted for his portrayal of women, in Los Angeles in 1930 during the latter's tour of the U.S. (see photo here).  They would meet again six years later at a party given...
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The woman in the clip might be Menjou's wife, but I'm not sure.
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World Tour Revisited: Out & about in Biarritz, September 1931
With Russian opera singer, Feodor Chaliapin, and his daughter, who were visiting Biarritz at the same time as Charlie. Â Both men were invited to a party given by Mischa Elman in St. Jean de Luz where...
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Images of "Carlito" in Modern Times from Brazilian magazine, Cinearte, May 1936
Charlie was known as "Carlito" in Brazil and Argentina; "Charlot" in France, Spain, Italy, and Portugal. Charlie first heard about his French nickname from Max Linder who told him that in France he was...
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Set visit during the filming of The Kid
The original caption identifies the girl between Charlie and Jackie as a young Sue Carol. Virginia Cherrill, Chaplin's leading lady in City Lights, went to school with Carol in Illinois and was...
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Charlie with Paulette, his sons, and Dr. Cecil Reynolds, 1934
Dr. Reynolds was Charlie's brain surgeon friend who played the minister in Modern Times.
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World Tour Revisited: Leftovers
September 1931 marked the halfway point of Chaplin's 18-month world tour. I thought I would take this post to look back over the past 9 months with some photos that didn't make into my original World...
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Charlie & Kono (far left) with visitors on the set of City Lights, c. 1930
Chaplin's guests are Mei Ushiyama and her husband, Harry. Evidently, Mei was a well-known beauty salon owner.I have a feeling this is a composite photo because the image of Chaplin (possibly taken on...
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British war relief party in Beverly Hills, August 1941
L-R: Orson Welles, Dolores Del Rio, CC, & Carmen Figueroa.
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With Clare Sheridan, 1921
Writer and sculptress Sheridan (a cousin of Winston Churchill) spent several days with Charlie in November 1921. She created a bust of him& camped on the beach with him & her son, Dickie. No...
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World Tour Revisited: Charlie returns to London, September 18th, 1931
Charlie arrived in London from Paris late in the evening on the 17th aboard the Golden Arrow and drove to the Carlton Hotel virtually unnoticed, a far cry from his arrival from America, nearly nine...
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World Tour Revisited: Charlie visits Churchill at Chartwell, September 19th,...
Chaplin & Churchill first met in 1929 at a party at Marion Davies' beach house in Santa Monica & took an immediate liking to one another. A couple of days later, Charlie invited Churchill and...
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Ford Factory, Highland Park, Michigan, 1923
Charlie is between Henry Ford (left) and his son, Edsel.
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Color home movie footage from The Great Dictator
This behind-the-scenes footage was taken by Charlie's half-brother, Sydney, during production of The Great Dictator. This is my edit of the original 26-minute footage which can be found on both the MK2...
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Catalina Island, 1930
Eduard Tisse, CC, Georgia Hale, & Sergei EisensteinAnother photo from the same day: here
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Photos by Witzel & Hartsook, 1914
The Witzel (top) and Hartsook (bottom) sessions are unique because they are, to my knowledge, the only times Chaplin posed at a professional photographer's studio in his Tramp costume.
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