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Cover of Italian magazine, Epoca, 1954
This might be the Siamese cat named Monkey that Chaplin brought to Switzerland from Hollywood. He preferred cats over dogs as pets because he thought dogs carried germs and made too much...
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Photo by the Sussman Studio, Minneapolis, c. 1911
This photo was taken during Chaplin's first tour of America with the Fred Karno Company. Note the ring on his finger, which is unusual since he rarely wore jewelry.
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World Tour Revisited: Chaplin attends the Ice Carnival benefit at the...
The benefit was arranged by the Duchess of Sutherland to aid the Royal Northern Hospital.L-R: Lady Milbanke, CC, the Prince of Wales, & the Duchess of Sutherland. Some say this photo shows that the...
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Susan Maree Chaplin at her grandfather’s Walk Of Fame ceremony, 1972.
Susan is the daughter of Charles, Jr. (the eldest son of Charlie Chaplin & Lita Grey).Chaplin’s name was omitted from the original list of stars to appear on the Walk Of Fame in 1956 because of ill...
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Chaplin at his make-up table, c. 1919
(Source: Chaplin: Genius Of The Cinema/Jeffrey Vance)
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Paulette Goddard and the crew of Modern Times
Front row: Paulette (far left), asst. director, Carter De Haven (middle), continuity secretary, Della Steele (far right).Back row: cameramen Ira Morgan (second from left), Rollie Totheroh (behind...
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A NIGHT IN THE SHOW, released November 20th, 1915
Chaplin twelfth film for Essanay is based on Fred Karno’s music hall sketch “Mumming Birds” (known as “A Night In An English Music Hall” in the States) in which Chaplin played “The Inebriated Swell."...
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Chaplin after editing The Immigrant? or A Dog's Life?
Like many fans, I have always been under the assumption that this photo of Chaplin was taken after the editing of A Dog's Life. I'm not sure if it has ever been positively I.D.'d from that time period,...
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Charlie's JFK Connection
In the early stages of the screenplay for A Countess From Hong Kong, the character of Ogden Mears, played by Marlon Brando, was loosely based on President John F. Kennedy (in the original story, Mears...
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2014 silent film benefit calendars
The calendar features silent film artwork and birthdays of silent-era film stars and personalities, as well as notable marriages, deaths, film openings, and other significant dates. Total net proceeds...
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Chaplin narrates over footage from the unreleased film How To Make Movies (1918)
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Chaplin gives a radio broadcast in support of Roosevelt's "Buy Now" campaign,...
Broadcasting nationally from Columbia outlet KHJ in Los Angeles, Chaplin appealed to the country to show its support for Roosevelt's N.R.A. (National Recovery Adminstration). It had been five years...
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Charlie marries Lita Grey in Mexico, November 25th, 1924
The ceremony was performed at 5:00 in the morning in Empalme, Mexico1 by a justice of the peace who spoke through an interpreter. Those in attendance were Chaplin’s valet, Toraichi Kono, his lawyer,...
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Chaplin with the Prince of Siam (left), Oct.1924
It might just be the shadows, but I think Chaplin has a (real) mustache here. I read somewhere that he would occasionally grow a mustache or a beard just for the heck of it.Also, considering how gray...
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